Cellars at Jasper Hill Harbison

Contains Milk

Harbison is a soft-ripened cheese with a rustic, bloomy rind. Young cheeses are wrapped in strips of spruce cambium, the tree's inner bark layer, harvested from the woodlands of Jasper Hill. The spoonable texture begins to develop in our vaults, though the paste continues to soften on the way to market. Harbison is woodsy and sweet, balanced with lemon, mustard, and vegetal flavors. **Have you ever noticed any blue-green mottling on the surface of your Harbison's spruce band? It's likely you have! This is a species of penicillium communae, a more rustic variety of the same penicillium that constitutes Harbison's rind. Penicillium communae, a mold commonly used in the production of soft cheese, is intentionally left on the bark and is totally harmless! (from Cellars at Jasper Hill)