Brick Cheese from Wisconsin | Wisconsin Cheese

Brick is a Wisconsin original from way back. Wisconsin cheesemakers first crafted brick cheese in the late 1800s and named it matter-of-factly after the bricks cheesemakers were using to press the curds. When young, brick cheese is deliciously mild with just a tiny bit of nuttiness. Give it some time to age, though, and it ambles into more complex, pungent, even tangy territory. Brick is a tamer, quieter version of that famously stinky German cheese, Limburger.

Appearance

Pristine white to creamy yellow

Texture

Smooth and a bit soft

Flavor

Mild and nutty when young, and pungent and tangy with age

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Made By:

Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin, Inc.

Chalet Cheese Cooperative

Decatur Dairy, Inc.

Edelweiss Creamery

Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery

Hook's Cheese Company, Inc.

Klondike Cheese Company

Mullins Cheese, Inc.

Nasonville Dairy, Inc.

Pasture Pride Cheese, LLC

Rosewood Dairy, Inc.

Silver Lewis Cheese Factory Cooperative

Specialty Cheese Company, Inc

Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Inc.

Wisconsin Cheese Group, LLC

Zimmerman Cheese Company, Inc.

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All Star, LTD

G&R Foods, Inc

Gibbsville Cheese Company, Inc.

Gile Cheese, LLC

Henning Cheese, Inc.

JLM Manufacturing LLC

Keystone Farms Cheese

Laack Brothers Cheese Company

Lamers Dairy, Inc.

Lynn Dairy, Inc.

Masters Gallery Foods, Inc.

Ron's Wisconsin Cheese

Schreiber Foods, Inc.

StoneRidge Meat & Country Market

Union Star, Corp.

Weyauwega Cheese

Weyauwega Star Dairy, Inc.

Winona Foods, Inc.

Wisconsin Dairy State Cheese Co, Inc

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Performance Notes

For ease of use, slice brick cheese when it''s nicely chilled. We score the foil of surface-ripened brick before cutting to make quicker work of it.

Pairing Notes

Wisconsin brick likes to share the loveseat with solid, salt-of-the-earth brews and wines. If you''re thinking beer, we recommend bock, stout, pale ale, weiss beer, porter or brown ale. If you prefer wine: chardonnay, pinot noir, merlot, champagne, riesling, sauvignon blanc, beaujolais, pinot gris and gruner veltliner are all wise choices.

Serve

Young brick makes excellent potatoes au gratin, while a more mature brick has never met a hearty sandwich it didn’t get along famously with. Try grilling either thinly sliced on rye with sautéed onion and stone ground or spicy pub mustard. Or, broil a slice of crusty bread topped with ham, asparagus and thinly sliced brick, and serve it open-faced.

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Brick

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Performance Notes

Pairing Notes

Beer & Cider

Red Wine

White Wine

Serve

Mushroom, Onion and Brick Grilled Cheese

Summer Plum and Brick Bites

Savory Steak and Mushroom Crepes

Detroit-Style Pizza Dip

Wisconsin-Style French Onion Soup

Berry, Brick and Mozzarella String Salad

Flammkuchens (German Pizzas)

Creamy Brick Cheese Spread

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