{"data":{"slug":"aged-gouda","name":"Aged Gouda","country":"Netherlands","milk":"cow","style":"hard","style_label":"Hard & aged","strength":4,"strength_label":"Bold","summary":"Left for years, Gouda turns into butterscotch with a crunch.","image":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/aged-gouda\/portrait.svg","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/cheeses\/aged-gouda","region":"South Holland","aka":"Oude Gouda \u00b7 Boerenkaas","texture":"Hard and brittle, dense with crunchy crystals","rind":"Waxed, or a natural rind on farmhouse wheels","age":{"min_months":12,"max_months":60,"label":"1 yr \u2013 5 yr"},"description":"Gouda is a washed-curd cheese, like Havarti \u2014 some whey is replaced with water, which lowers the acidity and gives the paste its sweetness. Young Gouda is bland; the interest starts after a year and keeps building for five.\n\nAt three or four years it is deep amber, brittle, and tastes of butterscotch, whisky and toffee, studded with crystals. *Boerenkaas* \u2014 raw-milk farmhouse Gouda \u2014 is the version worth paying for.","flavour_notes":["butterscotch","whisky","toffee","salt crystals"],"pairings":["Bock beer","Aged genever","Dark chocolate","Mustard"],"vegetarian":null,"pasteurised":null,"tasting_notes":{"count":0,"average_rating":null},"related":[{"slug":"appenzeller","name":"Appenzeller","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/appenzeller"},{"slug":"avonlea-clothbound-cheddar","name":"Avonlea Clothbound Cheddar","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/avonlea-clothbound-cheddar"},{"slug":"beaufort","name":"Beaufort","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/beaufort"},{"slug":"berkswell","name":"Berkswell","url":"https:\/\/havarti.org\/api\/cheeses\/berkswell"}]}}