14 Arpents is a semi soft farm cheese made from the whole milk of the brown swiss cows. This square-shaped cheese has a washed rind exterior which is tender but still typically sandy, and the interior is creamy and rich. Rich buttery milk flavours melt with earthy and vegetal notes of cooked cauliflower, mushrooms with a lingering finish of hazelnuts. The cheese is named after a road that borders the cheese dairy, le chemin 14 Arpents. (14 acres)
Bleu Ermite was the first cheese produced at the Saint-Benoît Abbey in 1943 and is still in handmade at the monastery today. A mild blue, a bit tangy but not so strong that inexperienced eaters will be scared away. Soft cream-coloured paste, lightly veined with blue-green mould, crumbly and a bit gritty. The aroma is grassy, herbal and mushroomy, with hints of sweetness and earthiness.
Hand made by Benedictine monks from the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac in Quebec. The Abbaye's skilled cheese makers have been crafting blue cheese since 1943, starting with blue ERMITE. Today, more than a dozen varieties of cheese are made at the Abbaye.
This semi-soft blue-veined cheese is made from pasteurized milk and aged for 6 months in the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac’s ripening rooms. A sweet mild blue with a delicate smokey flavour. The smoking process gives the cheese a slightly woody taste that pairs well with the acidity of the blue veining.
Bois de Grandmont is a bark-wrapped bloomy rind cheese with woodsy, sweet, herbal, and bright flavours. The bark holds the delicate cheese together, provides flavour to the creamy paste, and allows for an ideal presentation as a stunning centerpiece of a cheese plate.
Pair with sparkling wine, apple cider, or a fresh IPA.
Bois de Grandmont is a bark-wrapped bloomy rind cheese with woodsy, sweet, herbal, and bright flavours. The bark holds the delicate cheese together, provides flavour to the creamy paste, and allows for an ideal presentation as the centerpiece of a cheese plate.
Pair with sparkling wine, apple cider, or a fresh IPA.
Le Charbonnier has a white slightly ashy rind and a chalky white paste that melts in the mouth. It features milk lactic aromas and caprine flavours of medium intensity. Delicately salted and tangy. With its rind covered with vegetable ash, this cheese is named for the charcoal maker or seller: “Le Charbonnier.”
