Aged Gouda with butterscotch sweetness, toasted hazelnut, and crystalline crunch.
Aged Gouda from North Holland, dense and crystalline with butterscotch, toasted hazelnut, and a long sweet finish. Order online.
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Old Amsterdam is a pasteurized cow's milk Gouda from the North Holland tradition, aged well past the point where most Goudas call it done. That extra time in the aging room is what defines it. The paste tightens up into something dense and dry, breaking into clean shards under the knife rather than slicing smoothly, and shot through with the little white tyrosine crystals that tell you the cheese has done its work.
On the palate it leans deep and sweet. Toasted hazelnut and browned butter run through the middle, with a butterscotch note that comes on strong and holds. There's a savory sharpness on the back palate, but nothing biting, and the finish lingers long after the crunch is gone. Bold, nutty, and unmistakably aged.
An aged Gouda in a class of its own, right in the sweet spot for people who want the crystals and the caramel without going all the way to a five-year wheel.
Firm and dense under the knife, breaking into clean shards rather than slicing smoothly. Studded with tyrosine crystals that give a satisfying crunch against an otherwise smooth paste.
Bold and assertive, with the deep caramelized sweetness that comes from long aging. Sharp enough to stand on its own but never harsh.
A long, sweet finish that lingers with butterscotch and toasted nut, holding on the palate for a good while after the bite is gone.
The fresh-milk brightness has largely cooked out with age, leaving just a whisper of buttery cream underneath the deeper aged notes.
Deeply nutty with toasted hazelnut and browned butter running through the paste, backed by a caramel sweetness that reads almost like butterscotch.
A quiet earthy warmth sits behind the sweetness, more toasted-grain than mushroom or barnyard.
A gentle sharpness on the back palate, more of a savory edge than any real heat or piquancy.
Waxed rind
The wax coating is inedible and gets trimmed away. All the flavor lives in the paste.
Aged Gouda stands on its own, but the right partners turn a wedge into a moment. Regional pairings first — they were built for each other.
The deep caramel and butterscotch notes want a drink with its own sweet-oxidized character. Port and Oloroso mirror the nuttiness, and a good bourbon picks up the sweeter side of the paste.
Fresh fruit acid cuts the richness and the crystalline crunch, while fig jam and honey lean into the caramel side of the paste.
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