Cashel Blue cheese is a raw cow's milk from Kerrygold, Tipperary, Ireland. It is very creamy and relatively mild for a blue cheese. It has a white paste when young turning increasingly towards a buttery yellow as it matures. Throughout this paste there is a blueing often referred to as having marble-like pattern. The rind, which with time can develop a film of surface mould is untreated and is therefore edible. It is intrinsic to the cheese and contributes to the breaking down of the paste, adding further flavour and complexity.
Comparable Cheese: Saint Agur
Pairing: Chimay Beer, Irish Whiskey