Today’s entry in the HCT Cheese Blog is something new for the blog. We’ve done cheddars, we’ve done lots of Italian cheese, but we haven’t reviewed a blue cheese…. until now!

Biographical Information:

Brennan’s Blue Ribbon Blue
Obtained from: Brennan’s (Madison West Side)

First, before the review, I’ve got to show off a neat trick with this cheese. When you buy it in the store, you can see that the cheese isn’t… exactly… blue.

More of a brownish color. When I got this cheese, Brennan’s actually had a display with samples out and a sign stating that it would TURN blue… after exposure to the air.

This I had to see. So I made sure to take before and after pictures when I opened the package, and….

Sure enough! It turns blue. Well, blue-grey.

Color changing cheese. Wisconsin is great.

Yes, I’m sure this isn’t unique to them. Who cares?

As a blue cheese, Blue Ribbon Blue is definitely better than average, rich with an oily tang to it. It goes quite well with a veggie plate. Not as sharp as a lot of blue cheeses, however, and it is sadly not our favorite blue cheese since we came to Wisconsin. We’ll have to get another piece of that cheese sometime to review… but I digress.

Final Scores:

Me: B+ (89 percent)
Roomie: B-