{"title":"Dutch Cheese","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Netherlands essentially invented the cheese that ages like candy. Aged Dutch gouda is the main event here: our 5 Year Aged Gouda goes deep amber and butterscotchy, dense with crunchy tyrosine crystals, and Beemster X.O. spends about 26 months ripening on milk from polder pastures that sit below sea level in North Holland. Beemster’s Vlaskaas is the same family at its creamy, approachable end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the old guard and the odd ones. Leyden, studded with cumin, a sailors’ cheese from South Holland. Ewephoria, a sheep’s milk gouda that drinks like dessert. Goat goudas — Midnight Moon among them — sweet, caramel-forward, and dangerously easy to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you’ve only ever had young red-wax gouda, start with the aged stuff — bourbon, a brown ale, or a crisp apple next to it — and it becomes a completely different cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut to order in Beverly Hills and shipped cold to 48 states.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"midnight-moon","title":"Midnight Moon Goat Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidnight Moon is a pasteurized goat's milk Gouda made in the Netherlands exclusively for Cypress Grove out of Northern California, aged for at least six months before it crosses the Atlantic. The paste is a pale ivory, dense and smooth under the knife, with the first whispers of crystal crunch coming through as the wheel matures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the palate it opens with brown butter and toasted hazelnut, then pulls into a long caramel sweetness that lingers well past the swallow. There's just enough goat-milk character underneath to remind you what you're eating, but the age has rounded off any sharpness, leaving a cheese that reads more like a butterscotch-laced aged Gouda than a goat cheese. A really approachable wheel, sweet and nutty in a way that wins over people who think they don't like goat cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanniti LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45847821287593,"sku":"11554","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-midnight-moon.jpg?v=1744803945"},{"product_id":"5-year-aged-gouda","title":"5 Year Aged Gouda - Pittig","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive-year aged Gouda from the Netherlands, labeled pittig, which is Dutch for sharp, the term reserved for the longest-aged wheels in this style. The exterior is golden and caramelized, a tell that the paste has spent serious time in the aging room concentrating its flavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut into the wheel and the paste is dense, dry, and crystalline, scattered with tiny crunchy tyrosine crystals that pop between the teeth. The flavor is deep and sweet, with pronounced caramel and butterscotch on the palate, toasted hazelnut and browned butter through the middle, and a slow peppery tingle on the back end that earns the pittig name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShave it thin off the wedge and let those crystals carry the bite.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World's Best Cheese West","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673215328425,"sku":"10001210","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-extra-aged-5-year-gouda.jpg?v=1744803957"},{"product_id":"beemster-x-o","title":"Beemster X.O. Aged Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeemster X.O. is a cow's milk cheese aged a minimum of 26 months in the polder fields of North Holland, in the village of Beemster reclaimed from the sea in the 1600s. This is a proper aged gouda, the kind that has lost most of its moisture to time and gained everything in concentration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste runs amber-deep and super flaky. It breaks under the knife into shards rather than slices, with big crystals of tyrosine crunching through every bite, the calcium-lactate sparkle you only get from a wheel that's spent two-plus years in the cave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlavor reads caramelly and butterscotch-sweet up front, with a browned-butter pull through the middle and a long sweet finish that lingers on the palate. 26 months is a long time for an aged gouda, and it shows. At this age, Beemster sits at the top tier of extra-old Dutch styles, with the kind of concentrated depth and crystalline crunch that defines the category.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sanniti LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673215951017,"sku":"10001072","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-beemster-aged-year-gouda-26-month.jpg?v=1744803963"},{"product_id":"leyden-1","title":"Leyden","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeyden, or Leidse kaas, is a firm Dutch cow's milk cheese from the city of Leiden in South Holland, traditionally made with whole cumin seeds worked right into the paste. It's a lower-fat recipe than its Gouda cousins, which is part of why the flavor reads sharper and tangier, with the cumin lifting the whole thing into aromatic territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is dense and pressed, pale yellow, and breaks in clean slabs under the knife with little crunchy pops every time you hit a seed. Up front you get that tangy cow's milk pull, then the cumin opens up in the middle of the palate, warm and aromatic rather than hot, with a savory finish that lingers in the back of the nose. With a few more months on it the spice concentrates and the paste tightens, which is when this cheese really hits its stride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of those cheeses that earns its place by being unmistakable. There is no other cow's milk cheese in the Dutch tradition that tastes like Leyden, and once you've had a properly aged wheel the spiced-Gouda category sort of stops making sense without it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673226469545,"sku":"10001243","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Leyden_11ec17e0-111a-439e-a666-9fa452a0cc85.jpg?v=1763313176"},{"product_id":"ewephoria-sheep-holland-10lb-wheel","title":"Ewephoria","description":"\u003cp\u003eEwephoria is a Dutch Gouda-style wheel made from pasteurized sheep's milk and aged twelve months, which is where this cheese gets really interesting. Sheep's milk has more fat and more sugar than cow's milk, so when you treat it like a Gouda and let it sit for a year, you end up with something far sweeter and more concentrated than a standard aged cow Gouda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is firm and dense, pale gold, with a scatter of crunchy sugary crystals that pop as you chew. On the palate it opens with butterscotch and caramel, pulls through toasted hazelnut and brown butter in the middle, and finishes long with a quiet salty pull underneath all that sweetness. The mouthfeel stays buttery the whole way through, which is the sheep's milk doing its job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one wins over cow's milk drinkers and sheep's milk drinkers in equal measure, which is rare. It's a dessert cheese as much as it is a board cheese, right in the sweet spot where aged Gouda technique meets the natural richness of sheep.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45834723557545,"sku":"10230","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/cheese-ewephoria.jpg?v=1744804755"},{"product_id":"benning-goat-gouda-lbs","title":"Benning Goat Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eGoat Gouda from the Netherlands, a pasteurized goat-milk wheel made in the Gouda style and aged until it gets that signature crystalline crunch. The goat-milk version of the OG Crystal you may have seen at the counter, dressed in a thick wax rind that needs a little elbow grease to crack open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is firm and dense, breaking into clean shards under the knife with little crunchy spots where the aging has done its work. On the palate it opens with a really sharp, tangy goat-milk pull on the front of the tongue, then rolls into that caramelized, butterscotch-leaning sweetness that long-aged Goudas are famous for. A faint peppery lift on the back keeps it from going one-note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoat milk doesn't usually carry this far into the aged-Gouda territory, which is what makes this one a worth-tasting bottle of a cheese. Right in the sweet spot where the lactic goaty tang meets aged-Gouda caramel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45730926067881,"sku":"14705","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/8363.jpg?v=1745858773"},{"product_id":"beemster-vlaskaas-gouda-lbs","title":"Beemster Vlaskaas Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeemster Vlaskaas is a semi-soft, semi-aged cow's milk Gouda from the Beemster polder in North Holland, made by the Beemster cooperative. Originally produced once a year to celebrate the flax harvest, the recipe is now made year-round.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is buttery and supple, pale yellow, cutting cleanly without crumbling. Sweet, fresh-cream notes come through on the front of the tongue from the rich Dutch milk, followed by a delicate almond character through the middle, and that signature sweet-sharp finish that has always defined Vlaskaas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeemster cows graze on the mineral-dense pasture of the reclaimed polder, four meters below sea level. The grass that grows there pulls minerals up from the clay seabed, and you can taste the difference in the milk: clean, sweet, with a depth that most semi-aged Goudas don't reach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45730935865513,"sku":"16135","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Beemster_Vlaskaas_Gouda.jpg?v=1767673035"},{"product_id":"my-lamb-borghini-sheep","title":"My Lamb-Borghini","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy Lamb-Borghini is a sheep's milk gouda-style cheese from the Netherlands, taking the classic Dutch recipe and swapping in 100% sheep's milk for a richer, deeper read on the style. Aged three to six months, it sits right in that sweet spot where a gouda is firm enough to slice clean but still pliable under the knife, with a buttery color that telegraphs the higher fat content before you even taste it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is dense and smooth with a creamy give. Flavor leads with toasted hazelnut and brown butter, then opens into the sweet caramel note that's the calling card of a properly aged gouda, here pushed a little deeper and rounder by the sheep's milk. There's none of the sharp pull you'd find in an aged cow gouda at twice the age, which is part of the charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a gouda for people who already love the style and want a softer, sweeter, more decadent version of it. The waxed rind keeps the moisture in, so every slice tastes as fresh as the day the wheel was opened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731150594217,"sku":"11207","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/Lamborghini.jpg?v=1767466810"},{"product_id":"moon-dance-gouda-goat-lbs","title":"Moon Dance Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pasteurized goat's milk Gouda from the Netherlands, aged at least six months before it leaves the cave. Goat milk Gouda is the move when you want the structure and sweetness of a Dutch wheel but with a cleaner, brighter backbone from the goat's milk underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is dense, smooth, and ivory, firm enough to break in clean slabs under the knife with the occasional tiny crunch from protein crystals working their way in. On the palate it opens nutty and brown-buttery through the middle, then pulls into a long, sweet caramel finish that lingers past the swallow. There's none of the tang you might expect from a goat cheese here, the age rounds it all out into something closer to a butterscotch pull with a savory thread underneath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sits in a sweet spot a lot of aged Goudas miss, old enough to have real concentration and crystal crunch, young enough that the paste hasn't dried into shards. A genuinely distinctive wheel for anyone who already loves aged Dutch cheese and wants to see what goat milk does to the recipe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731326591145,"sku":"14145","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/popup_MoonDance.jpg?v=1745866529"},{"product_id":"smoked-gouda-loaf-lbs","title":"Smoked Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmoked Gouda from the Netherlands, a cow's milk semi-soft cheese cold-smoked over hardwood after a short aging. The smoke does most of the work on the outside, with the buttery Dutch Gouda underneath staying sweet and pliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe paste is supple and slices cleanly, pale gold with a darker amber band where the smoke has settled in along the rind. On the palate it leads with sweet cream and a soft hazelnut warmth, then the wood smoke pulls through the middle and sits on the finish, savory and a little resinous. It melts beautifully, which is most of the reason it ends up in mac and cheese, grilled cheese, and on burgers in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the easy crowd-pleaser of the smoked cheese shelf, sweet enough to win over people who think they don't like smoky flavors, and substantial enough to carry a sandwich on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45731350380713,"sku":"10001211","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/SmokedGouda.jpg?v=1767469817"},{"product_id":"young-red-wax-gouda-lbs","title":"Young Red Wax Gouda","description":"\u003cp\u003eYoung Red Wax Gouda is a Dutch cow's milk classic, made the traditional way and sealed in the familiar red wax that has carried Gouda around the world for centuries. 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Just because it's mild doesn't mean it's not flavorful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peacock Cheese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45987670524073,"sku":"10001339","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/6027\/8185\/files\/images_a7cac485-3d4c-4078-876c-6fb2ff7abc34.jpg?v=1750712611"},{"product_id":"beemster-classic-aged-gouda-18-months-lbs","title":"Beemster Classic Aged Gouda 18 Months","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Beemster Classic, an 18-month aged Gouda from North Holland. Made from cow's milk pulled from herds grazing on the reclaimed polder land of the Beemster region, where the mineral-rich soil gives the milk a distinctive sweetness that carries all the way through the aging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 18 months, the paste is firm and dense, breaking into small flakes under the knife rather than slicing cleanly. The flavor leads with toasted almond and a real caramel sweetness, then opens into butterscotch and a warm, brown-butter pull on the finish. You'll find small tyrosine crystals scattered through the paste, a hallmark of proper aged Gouda and a sign the cheese has had real cave time to develop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sits in the sweet spot for aged Gouda. 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