Rush Creek Reserve is only available for a very short window of time, so hop on the cheese wagon and give it a try now! Need more persuasion? Check out the stellar review Cheese & Champagne gave the 2012 vintage.

Colleen and I were fortunate to visit Uplands last fall as part of our Wisconsin cheese tour, when cheesemaker Andy Hatch gave us the lowdown on how he crafts this bark-wrapped beauty. The early Rush Creeks were just coming to peak, and while we sampled a few wheels he remarked he was going to give the early specimens to the pigs because he wasn’t happy with the flavor. Andy, please, please don’t give the pigs too much this year – my 2012 vintage Rush Creek was absolutely perfect for human consumption.

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