Cheese Database

Brighton Blue vs Cornish Blue

Brighton Blue

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom

Brighton Blue is an English blue cheese made from cow's milk, and descriptions place the make in Sussex. The paste is yellow and semi-soft, with blue-green veins through a creamy body. The rind is edible, and it is left on for flavor as well as for a neat finish. Young cheese tastes mild and a little salty, with a mellow blue note rather than a harsh one. It is a board cheese and a cooking cheese, not a hard grating block.

Cornish Blue

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom

Cornish Blue is a semi-soft blue cheese from Cornwall in the United Kingdom. It is made from pasteurized cow's milk and is meant to be eaten while the paste is still young and moist. The interior is dense and pale, with blue-green veins through a buttery body, and a natural rind covers the outside. Makers use a vegetarian rennet, so the cheese suits many people who avoid animal rennet. The style is a modern British blue, not a copy of a dry, sharp classic.