Hard & aged Cow’s milk

Allgäuer Bergkäse

Bavaria’s alpine wheel — Gruyère’s quieter neighbour across the border.

Drawn by the app from this cheese’s own record — paste, rind and texture come from the data, not a stock library.

Made in the Bavarian Alps from raw summer milk, in wheels of 15 to 50 kg, using techniques imported from Switzerland in the nineteenth century when Allgäu farmers switched from flax to dairy.

It is sweeter and gentler than Gruyère, with hay and hazelnut notes and a clean finish. Underrated outside Germany largely because it does not travel much.

Tastes of

hay hazelnut sweet cream a mild savoury finish

Put it next to

Helles Rye bread Radish Silvaner