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We're a group of amateur and professional wedge-heads helping Jasper Hill Farm develop a sustainable Alpine cheese. Check in with us throughout the year to witness the birth of an all new cheese masterpiece. |
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Fermentation and Fromage September 18, 2012 My first tasting of this round of Jasper Hill's Alpha Tolman Cheese was a quick, objective, utilitarian affair. A hectic schedule had kept me from truly enjoying this cheese. I promised myself that I would devote some time to relax and enjoy this cheese. Coincidentally I had promised my wife we would tour the Wollersheim Winery in Prairie Du Sac... |
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September 12, 2012 A few nights ago I finally sat down with my new box of cheese, glad as ever to have free, expirimental cheese |
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September 09, 2012 The next round of samples from Jasper Hills arrived as summer was coming to an end. The To Do list gets a little longer this time of year, the kids are getting ready for college and scheduling calendar on the frig manages the comings and goings of the house hold like air traffic control. It was difficult to find some un-obligated time to spend with... |
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September 09, 2012 It’s been a crazy week around here and trying to do our best to fit in a timely tasting was hit or miss – first with the cheese, then with the tasters. Happily the stars aligned and it turned out to be an actual par-tay. With beer. Very, very interesting homebrew. And homegrown music... let’s just say we had fun with our cheese,... |
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September 08, 2012 Hello Cheese Enthusiasts! I must say, I was slightly disappointed with the first shipment of cheese, but I told myself that the whole point of me getting free cheese was to help improve it, not to give useless critique. Well, after reading Anne's post on the much anticipated new cheese, I was completely disheartened. I was... |
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September 06, 2012 After several delivery schedule changes we received the latest sample of the cheese tasting. |
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September 05, 2012 August 26, 2012 When we finally received the second shipment of cheese from Jasper Hill, we were a bit disapointed to discover they were not as generous as they’d been the first time. We are embarassed to admit that we didn’t notice the name “Alpha Tolman” on the stickers, so when asked “What do you think of the name?” we weren’t sure what to... |
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September 04, 2012
Hey culture. My husband and I are moving halfway across the country next week. We've been packing and doing all those tedious things you need to do when you move for a while, and we were ready for a fun break. Enter round two of Jasper Hill's newest cheese, now named Alpha Tolman! We were especially excited to see our shipment... |
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September 04, 2012 On this second round of the Birth of a Cheese tasting for Culture Magazine and the Cellars at Jasper Hill, we continued to imagine how science played a role during the transition from the first iteration of the cheeses to the two that were currently in front of us. Nerds that we are, we analyzed the cheeses’ appearance, aroma, texture, and flavor while... |
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September 04, 2012 I took a 3-week trip to Florida and North Carolina in July and August, but got back to Chicago in time for the second shipment of samples in Culture's Birth of a Cheese Project 2012. New information has emerged, too, about the cheese we are birthin.' The cheesemakers at the Cellars at Jasper Hill labeled the samples Alpha Tolman--named after... |
