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)