swap_horiz Leerdammer Original Alternatives

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L'Amuse Signature Gouda

L’Amuse Signature Gouda is a handcrafted Dutch cheese made from cow’s milk. It’s notable for its crystalline texture dev...

Artisan Dutch Crystalline Cow Milk

9.2 Excellent

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Challerhocker

The Challerhocker is a Swiss hard cheese produced in the Toggenburg Valley. Walter Räss developed this semi-hard cheese...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

9.1 Excellent

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Remeker Grand Cru

The Remeker Grand Cru is a distinctive Dutch hard cheese produced by De Groote Voort farm. Crafted using raw milk from J...

Artisan Dutch Hard Cow Milk

9.0 Excellent

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Appenzeller Extra

Appenzeller Extra is a semi-hard Swiss alpine cheese produced from raw cow’s milk. Its extended maturation period exceed...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.9 Great

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Hoch Ybrig

Hoch Ybrig is a Swiss hard cheese originating from the Hoch Ybrig mountain range in Schwyz. It’s produced using raw cow'...

Swiss Alpine Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.9 Great

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Reypenaer VSOP

Reypenaer VSOP is a complex Dutch hard cheese crafted primarily from cow’s milk. The brand, steeped in tradition, ages i...

Complex Brand Dutch Cow Milk

8.8 Great

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Mont Vully

Mont Vully is an artisan Swiss hard cheese produced in the Fribourg region. The cheese’s notable characteristic stems fr...

Swiss Artisan Cow Milk Semi Hard

8.7 Great

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Beemster Classic

The Beemster Classic is a traditional Dutch hard cheese crafted using cow’s milk sourced from farms within the Beemster...

Brand Aged Dutch Butterscotch

8.7 Great

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Roomano

Roomano is a Dutch hard cheese crafted from cow’s milk and known for its exceptionally long aging process—at least two y...

Brand Dutch Crunchy Cow Milk

8.7 Great

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Gorwydd Caerphilly

Gorwydd Caerphilly is a farmhouse cheese made by the Trethowan family from unpasteurized cow's milk, following the Welsh...

Traditional Welsh British Cow Milk

8.6 Great

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Lekkerkerker Fermier Oude Kaas

Dutch raw-milk farmhouse aged Gouda from the Lekkerkerker family farm, a fermier cheese ripened to develop complex, cara...

Aged Dutch Hard Cow Milk

8.6 Great

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Beemster XO

Beemster XO is an extra-aged, pasteurized cow's milk Gouda cheese produced by the Beemster cooperative in the North Holl...

Aged Dutch Hard Cow Milk

8.5 Great

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Boerenkaas

Boerenkaas is a traditional Dutch farmhouse cheese made from raw, unpasteurized cow's milk on the same farm where the mi...

Dutch Farmhouse Cow Milk Raw Milk

8.0 Great

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Old Amsterdam

Old Amsterdam is a brand of premium aged Gouda-style cheese produced in the Netherlands. Made from pasteurized cow's mil...

Dutch Branded Hard Cow Milk

7.7 Good

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Parrano

Parrano is a branded Dutch cow's-milk cheese produced by Uniekaas. It has a semi-hard, smooth texture modeled on young G...

Dutch Branded Cow Milk Semi Hard

6.9 Fair

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Kanterkaas

Kanterkaas is a Dutch yellow cheese made from cow’s milk. The plain form belongs to a family of Dutch cheeses that also...

Traditional Dutch Farmhouse Cow Milk

6.8 Fair

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Friese Nagelkaas

[Friese Nagelkaas](https://curdlab.com/cheese/friese-nagelkaas) is a traditional Dutch cheese associated with Friesland....

Dutch Spiced Cow Milk Semi Hard

6.7 Fair

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Jarlsberg

Jarlsberg is a Norwegian cow's-milk cheese known for its mild flavor, elastic texture, and large, irregular holes. It is...

Norwegian Branded Swiss Style Cow Milk

6.5 Fair

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Belgioioso Asiago

BelGioioso Asiago is a cheese made by BelGioioso Cheese, a Wisconsin-based American producer. It is an American interpre...

American Branded Cow Milk Semi Hard

6.5 Fair

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Norvegia

Norwegian semi-hard cow's milk cheese produced by the Tine cooperative since the 1890s, with a mild flavor and small irr...

Norwegian Branded Cow Milk Semi Hard

5.8 Mediocre