Chef Lippe's Beemster Classic Gouda Cheese. Beemster Netherlands 18 months.

Chef Lippe’s Beemster Classic Gouda Cheese. Beemster Netherlands 18 months. 8 oz.

This marvelous Dutch Gouda is a legend all on its own. It has defined the flavor of what Gouda should taste like over time. It is rich and dense and intricate. There is nothing subtle about it. The moment you put it in your mouth it takes over, and does not let go. Notes of butterscotch and salted caramel burst into your taste buds, making wave to hints of deep cocoa coffee and milk. Pairing it with an aged Barbancourt Haitian rhum will make it an unforgettable affair.

Beemster, where the cheese is made, is a polder 13 feet below sea level of a former lake drained by windmills in northern Netherlands. The community enjoys the reputation of producing some of the richest, creamiest milk in Holland product of cows pasturing on grass grown on sea clay. Beemster draws its unforgettable flavor from the fact that part of the production process (the stirring of the curd) is done by hand and that the cheese is ripened in changing conditions.