Cheese: Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Review

How much is cheese loved in the United States? Cheese is loved so much it's found throughout much of American's sphere of activity. For instance, there's fun and business going on at Chuck E Cheese while a particular brand of cheese lover looks to buy fresh blue cheese somewhere else. Cream cheese wontons are loved so much by some persons they take to searching online for cream cheese wontons recipes besides still getting them from their favorite place. Even a knock-off cheese product and main ingredient in Velveeta Baked Macaroni and Cheese is a favorite for other people. This writer is no exception: I, too, have long loved cheese. Hence, my desire to share with you a great extra sharp cheddar cheese I ran across at Wegmans. No matter who invented cheddar cheese nor all the history of cheddar cheese, once you've had Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese I think you'll agree it's one really, really, good cheddar cheese!

Cheese: Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Review (Price)

The circumstances surrounding my purchase of Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese from Wegmans was because I couldn't find an organic or non-organic cheddar cheese, for that matter, that wasn't making my eyes pop out of my head when I would look at the price. I'm one of those persons who looks for deals on the best quality at the lowest price. Upon comparing the price of the, roughly, one pound wedge of Adams Reserve to the other brands of cheddar cheese I was immediately sold: $6.99 a pound.

Cheese: Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Review (Texture)

As cheddar cheese ages its texture usually gets firmer. I say usually because the firmness of Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese wasn't nearly as firm as what you expect of an extra sharp cheddar cheese. This was a very pleasant surprise. In fact, we found the firmness to be absolutely perfect! It cut, shredded and melted much easier than any other extra sharp cheddar I've ever used, so much so it got me to wondering more and more about the product with every use.

Upon further inspection I read that this Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese had, indeed, been aged for over twelve months. While there are no USDA requirements outlining when cheddar cheese is to be called mild, medium, sharp, extra sharp and extra, extra sharp, most cheese makers describe cheddar cheese as extra sharp after its been aged for at least nine months.

Cheese: Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Review (Taste)

Onto the most important part of the review: how Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese tasted. Just like its curious firmness, its taste wasn't nearly as sharp as most extra sharp cheddar cheeses. In fact, I've tasted sharper sharp cheddar cheeses. That's not to say it didn't have a certain sharpness to it: again, perfect is the only adjective we kept using to describe its flavor, including how sharp it was, every time we used it and for anything we used it. Whatever Great Lakes Cheese of New York, manufacturer of Adams Reserve, did to make the flavor compounds come together so perfectly, hopefully, they keep doing it.

Cheese: Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese Review (Conclusion)

If you want a really, really, great tasting, really great textured premium cheese that's priced really well, I certainly recommend Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese! Both the lil' lady and I agreed more than once that this cheddar cheese, Adams Reserve New York, was the best cheddar cheese we'd ever tasted at any sharpness and at any amount of aging. If the moon were really made of cheese, it would be made of Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese. It's that good!