Cheese Database

Renegade Monk vs Stilton

Renegade Monk

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Soft
Type
Blue
Rind
Washed rind
Country
United Kingdom

Renegade Monk is an English artisan cheese made from organic cow's milk. It is soft, blue veined, and washed on the rind, so it does not sit neatly in one old British category. The paste can turn creamy and even spoonable as it ripens. Ale is used to wash the rind, which adds a savory tang beside the blue. The smell is strong, and the cheese is meant for people who like pungent washed rinds as well as mold veins.

Stilton, field guide plate
Stilton, photographed

Stilton

Facts

Milk
Cow
Texture
Semi-hard
Type
Blue
Rind
Natural rind
Country
United Kingdom
Place
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire
Status
PDO

Stilton is a blue cow's-milk cheese from England. The protected cheese is made only in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, or Nottinghamshire. It is not made in the village of Stilton.