Product Reviews and Ratings - Germany - Barlauchrebell (Wild Garlic Cheese) from igourmet

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(based on 9 ratings)

Located in:Cheese, Germany

To bears emerging from their winter hibernation, one of their first and favorite foods is Bärlauch (Allium ursinum). Bärlauch translates from German to "bear's garlic", and people living in the Bavarian Alps have known this tasty herb for thousands of years. Archaeologists discovered traces of wild garlic at alpine sites settled by Germanic tribes during the Neolithic period.

Today, Bavarians still anticipate the annual arrival of wild garlic, one of the first plants to appear after the melted snows of March and April. Soups, cream cheese, salads, and pasta dishes featuring wild garlic recall the plant's traditional healing properties and welcoming antidote that refreshes and wakes the body from its from winter slumbers.

Schönegger Käse-Alm uses wild garlic to enhance this semi-hard, seasonal cheese made from the raw milk of cows that graze on nearby mountain meadows. During an eight week ripening period, the extremely pungent cheese is saturated with a mixture of fines herbs, which impart a hearty, aromatic flavor.

Serve Wild Garlic Cheese with a whole-grain, artisanal sour dough bread and a frothy mug of ale and taste Bavaria's blue sky, clear streams, and flower-covered mountain pastures in cheese form.

Made from unpasteurized cow's milk.
Photo depicts whole 12 lb. form of cheese.
We cut and wrap this item by the 1/2 pound.
Please contact us if you would like to purchase the whole form.

More information for the Barlauchrebell (Wild Garlic Cheese)

Product Reviews Summary

Avg. Customer Rating:

3.3 stars

(based on 9 reviews)

62% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Creamy(3), Flavorful(5), Pungent(5), Rich(6), Smooth(3)

Best Uses:

Hors d'oeuvre(4)

Describe Yourself:

Foodie(6), Frequent diner(3)

Overpowering

By Rottmom from Chicago suburb on 8/12/2008

Describe Yourself:

Foodie, Frequent Diner

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

I love garlic and use it as often as possible but this cheese has an overwhelming STRONG garlic taste and smell that I really did not like. I'm not sure how I will use it up -- maybe a very small amount to make cheesy garlic bread. I do not recommend putting this on a cheese platter with other cheeses. A ziploc bag does not contain the odor of garlic.

Not as scary as expected!

By Jane from Tulsa on 8/10/2008

Pros:

Flavorful, Smooth

Best Uses:

Hors d'oeuvre, Sandwiches

Describe Yourself:

Foodie, Frequent Diner, Health Conscious

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

I was almost afraid to unwrap the cheese given the other reviews, but the odor really wasn't that bad, or maybe it was just because we liked the cheese so much that it didn't last long enough for the smell to permeate the house!

OH! the aroma!!!

By BAD

from Roanoke, Va. on 8/9/2008

Pros:

Complex

Cons:

stinky

Best Uses:

Hors d'oeuvre

Describe Yourself:

Foodie

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Served this last night at a party. The smell made several people leave the room! One guy said it would make great bait for catfish, but he took it home--I think for him!

All the women hated it.

Some men came to it and enjoyed the layers of flavor. I was serving wine. This cheese needs to go with a dark beer in an outdoor garden!

The only other place I would serve it is in a bathroom with the exhaust fan on!!!!

Barbara

Not limburger; but pungent

By loadster from SoMD, USA on 7/11/2008

Pros:

Flavorful, Pungent, Rich

Cons:

Bad rind

Best Uses:

Melted

Describe Yourself:

Curious, Tolerant

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Yes this will overwhelm your fridge, even when hermetically sealed. It is a very raw milk cheese and the flavors are not overwhelmed by the garlic. I think you could add small bits of plutonium and it would not be overwhelmed. Try anything, but in moderation.

excelent if you like it strong

By sage

from Ivins. UT on 7/8/2008

Pros:

Pungent, Rich

Describe Yourself:

Foodie

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

will knock you over

Whew!

By ruzicka

from Aurora, Colorado on 7/6/2008

Pros:

Creamy, Flavorful, Rich, Smooth

My wife could not handle this cheese due to it being soooo stinky. In fact, even wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, it still overwhelms our refrigerator!

Wild and garlicky

By Debra

from Norfolk VA on 6/11/2008

Pros:

Firm, Flavorful, Pungent, Rich

Best Uses:

Hors d'oeuvre, Salads

Describe Yourself:

Frequent Diner

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Tried this for the first time tonight with friends. We had a cheese party, actually, with a combination of pungent and mild cheeses. This one got high marks. Even though it is pungent, our friend who hated Stinking Bishop ate this cheese over and over again. Highly recommended.

[0 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

didn't like cheese

By Terrie Pontecorvo from Roseland,New Jersey on 10/10/2007

Pros:

Creamy, Pungent, Rich

Cons:

Bitter, Overripe

Describe Yourself:

Foodie

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

sorry i bought this cheese.
didn't like the taste.

[0 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

I would buy this product again and again

By Retired n lovin it from North Port, FL on 4/27/2007

Pros:

Creamy, Delicate, Firm, Flavorful, Pungent, Rich, Smooth

Best Uses:

After Dinner, Hors d'oeuvre, Salads

Describe Yourself:

Foodie, Health Conscious

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Excellent combination of flavors

Customer Reviews about the Barlauchrebell (Wild Garlic Cheese) at igourmet