Briana

Briana is a rich and creamy fontina style cheese with a semi-firm texture. This cheese is nutty and has some mild herb flavors as well as some fruit notes that add a little acidity and sweetness in each bite. Though dense, Briana is an elastic cheese that’s easily melted.

Made in the Whitewater Valley in Southeastern Indian, Briana by Jacobs and Brichford Farmstead Cheese is made with raw cow’s milk from their own grass-fed cows. This is a smear-ripened cheese which means the cheesemakers intentionally spread bacteria and fungi growing on more mature wheels to younger ones in order to add more complex flavors. It’s also aged for a minimum of ninety days in order to allow those flavors to develop even more. However, it won’t overwhelm your palate as it is still a young, and therefore, mild cheese.

Because Briana is semi-firm and meltable, it is a versatile cheese that can be used on its own as part of a cheese board but also is great for cooking . The nutty and fruity flavors make it ideal to combine with nuts and a drizzle of honey. A fruity pinot noir would be the wine of choice to pair with this cheese.

Jacobs and Brichford has been family-run since 1819, and they started making their wonderful cheese in 2010. They allow their cows to graze their fields every day in fresh pastures and are milked according to nature’s rhythm. This allows the creamery to operate on a seasonal basis and provide better quality cheeses.