Humboldt Fog
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Humboldt Fog is a goat milk cheese made by Cypress Grove Chevre, of Arcata, California, in Humboldt County. It is named for the local ocean fog which rolls in from Humboldt bay.
Humboldt Fog is a mold ripened cheese. It has a central line of edible ash much like Morbier. There is also an ash covering, and a soft bloomy white rind. The cheese ripens from the outside in which will produce a more pungent runny shell surrounding the fresh goat cheese center. This runny shell will widen as the cheese matures and is considered the best part of the cheese by many. The bloomy mold and ash rind is edible, but is fairly tasteless.
This cheese won first Prize for American Original Cheese at an American Cheese Society competition in Washington, D.C. in August, 2002.
Flavor - The cheese is creamy, light, powdery, slightly lemony and mildly goaty with a stronger flavor near the rind.
Appearance - Ash covered bloomy rind, central ash line, airy white paste. Maturity will bring a pronounced runny shell near the rind.
