Cheeses in bold = always so good
Cheese in bold with a * = you better just buy it right now
Note: If a cheese is not in bold, it doesn’t mean it won’t be the next time I try it. I may just have not had it in a while and can’t remember.
Safe List
Abbaye de Belloc
Abondance
Alpe
Appenzeller*
Ascutney Mountain Tomme
Asiago Fresco
Berkswell Sheep Cheese
Black Diamond "Extra Old" Canadian Cheddar
Bleu de bocage
La Bottera Piemonte
Bra Tenero
Brebis Reserve au Espelette
Brie (Just Brie)
Caerphilly
Cambazola
Camembert
Cantal
Chevre des Collines
Chabis De Ma Grand Mere
Chevre D’Or
Chevrot
Chavignol
Cheshire
Coolea
Comte Gruyere
Doux de Montagne
Durus Irish Tomme *
Dutch Edam
English Cotswold
Farmhouse Cheddar
Les Fermiers Lingot
Fontina val d’Aosta
Aged Fontina
Formaggio Monte Veronese
Formagella Val Vigezzo
Fromage de Chouade
Gariotins
Gorgonzola
Aged Gouda (boutique) **
Aged Gouda (Mona Lisa)
Gourmandise Kirsch
Grana Padana
Gruyere
Gubeen
Ilchester
Irish Cashel
Keen's Cheddar
Knoblauch
Latteria Nostrano
Lincolnshire Poacher
Manchego
Mascarpone
Mimollette
Mirabo
Montasio
Monte Vuilly
Mozzarella
Muenster Gerome
Nevat and Buche de Causses
Norwegian Jarlsberger
Oka
Paesanella
Paladin Blue
Parmigiano Reggiano (you should never not have already)
Pecorino
Sardinian Young Pecorino
Piave
Prince de Claverolle
Reblochon
Red Leicester
Rochers Nantiers
Rolf Beeler’s Gruyere **
Rolf Beeler’s Hoch Ybrig *** (Rolf Beeler is a demi-god)
Roquefort
Romao
Saint Marcellin
Saint Andre
Saint Nectaire
Sottocenere (It is impossible to be indifferent about this cheese)
Taleggio Lago di Monato
Texas Hill Country Goat Cheese
Tomme Fleur Verte
Salumeria
Stilton
Ubriaco
Urgelia
Vare
Veneto d’Estato
Valle d'Aspe
Vigneron
Zamarano
Indifferent/Ambivalent
These are cheeses that are either ill-conceived or otherwise just don’t do a lot for me
Grafton Village Smoked Cheddar (not worth it, who needs smoked cheese? Not me.)
Mushroom/Garlic Brie (ill-conceived, I don’t buy raspberry beer either)
Don Olivo (forgot)
Belgian Wynendale (odd taste, life is too short)
Watch List
Hairy = too sheepy or too goaty
Brie de Meaux (NH4 rind)
Brie Fichely (NH4 rind)
Coach Farm Triple Cream Goat Cheese (triple hydrogen atom, more like, NH4 rind)
Scimudin (NH4 rind)
Picodon (when overripe)
Garrotxa (hairiness)
Montenebro (don’t remember)
Pierre Robert (NH4 rind)
Be Careful
Ardrahan (forgot)
Le Burge de Rocastin
Cabrales (?when overripe)
Danish Tholstrup Marquis
Fiore Sardo (?when overripe)
Guilloteaux (hairy)
Hudson Valley Camembert (NH4 rind, on top of overpriced, on top of made in U.S.)
Idiazabel (hairy)
Malga (out of control)
Raclette (strange taste when not melted)
Saint Albray (forgot)
(Baby Cow) Ubriaco * (beyond tangy)