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It’s Beer week<\/a> in DC, and we thought about attending a cheese\/beer tasting at Cafe StEx<\/a>.\u00a0 They were featuring Brooklyn Beer<\/a> (a favorite of\u00a0 TT and I) and Cowgirl Creamery<\/a> cheese.\u00a0 We’ve mentioned free tastings before and we were up to checking out the bar.\u00a0 Last night we discovered it would cost $20 each, and so between the time and money, we could create our own DC beer week…and so we did.<\/p>\n I walked over to Cowgirl after work with ideas<\/a> of what <\/a>to buy in hand.\u00a0 I tried many and ended up with 4 (at least 2 more than planned).\u00a0 The “cow” cheese ended up being the Bellwether Farms’ Carmoday<\/a> from Sonoma but made from Jersey milk.\u00a0 It’s “a firm cow milk cheese with buttery intensity.”\u00a0 I moved to the “sheep” cheese next, and picked another from Bellwether Farms.\u00a0 Pepato<\/a> is a cheese with peppercorns in it, and is salty like a Manchego<\/a> with the spice of the pepper.\u00a0 Finally, I was convinced to round out my cheese plate with a “goat” cheese.\u00a0 Midnight Moon<\/a> is essentially a Gouda from Holland.\u00a0 The Goat is not overwhelming so W and I agree it’s good.<\/p>\n Not so finally, I was there, and the infamous Pt. Reyes blue<\/a> was there, so I was “forced” to buy the standard quarter pound.\u00a0 This year has a slightly different flavor, as it’s a bit more harsh.\u00a0 We’ve learned though, different seasons produce different cheese.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe we should just buy 3 pounds of it every winter.\u00a0 The Buttermilk Blue<\/a> from Wisconsin is in the running for “Top Blue” cheese these days but I’m told the Pt. Reyes has a Reserve (we are yet to find or taste).<\/p>\n Tonight’s cheeses were great all around and are suggested if looking for a variety of cheeses that have good flavor and are not overwhelming.\u00a0 Oh…and Pumpkin beer<\/a> <\/a>is already out in select stores, so buy it while you can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s Beer week in DC, and we thought about attending a cheese\/beer tasting at Cafe StEx.\u00a0 They were featuring Brooklyn Beer (a favorite of\u00a0 TT and I) and Cowgirl Creamery cheese.\u00a0 We’ve mentioned free tastings before and we were up to checking out the bar.\u00a0 Last night we discovered it would cost $20 each, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,11,27,51],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cheese","tag-add-new-tag","tag-blue-cheese","tag-cowgirl","tag-pt-reyes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch2.carrotseverywhere.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}