Barely Buzzed by Beehive Cheese Co - Whole Form (5 pound)

This is a full-bodied cheese with a nutty flavor and smooth texture. The cheese is hand rubbed with a unique blend of espresso and lavender that infuses the cheese with an inviting aroma and taste. Espresso is ground fresh with French Superior Lavender buds and imparts notes of butterscotch and caramel, which are prevalent near the rind, but find their way to the center of the cheese. The cheese is aged on Utah Blue Spruce aging racks in Beehive Cheese Co's humidity controlled caves during the six to eight month aging process to develop texture and flavor. Enjoy the Barely Buzzed cheese grated over pasta or melted atop a savory vegetable tart.

When you take a bite of Beehive Cheese, it melts like butter in your mouth- that's because it's made from some of the creamiest and cleanest milk in Utah, lovingly crafted into specialty cheese by a family who shares a passion for the artisan way of life. In 2005, brothers-in-law Tim Welsh and Pat Ford left the fast-paced world of software and real estate seeking a more simple way of life as artisan cheese makers. They traded in their grinding traffic commute for quiet mornings sitting with 500 gallons of farm-fresh milk. They gave up briefcases and laptops for the romance of making hand-crafted cheese: hours spent mixing and warming milk, feeling it thicken and envelope the room with the sweet smell of custard. Days spent following natural rhythms: waking before dawn to welcome new milk and feeling the tired ache of sore muscles at day's end and months waiting with an artisan's patience for their cheeses to ripen to perfection.

Awards - 1st Place, American Cheese Society Annual Competition 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016 3rd Place, ACS. World Cheese Award Gold Winner 2019.

Pair with: Medium to full-bodied reds, port, stouts, cider.

• Made with vegetarian rennet.
• Made in a facility that also processes tree nuts.
• Made from pasteurized cow's ...