Gift dad a delicious cheese assortment for Father's Day! + Giveaway!

Father's Day is coming up soon! If you are looking for a last-minute gift idea, you should look into getting a cheese bundle from Cheese Brothers. They sell a wide range of cheese flavors along with some delicious small-town goods from partners they work with to put together gift boxes. We had the pleasure of working with them to check out their Deluxe Charcuterie Pack and I get to host a giveaway for one as well. 

The Deluxe Charcuterie pack comes with 6oz of Dill havarti, Fratello, and smoked gouda (two blocks each), 5oz Rhapsody & 8-Year-Aged cheddar (two blocks each), two  5.5 oz. salamis from La Quercia Meats of Norwalk, IA, One 8 oz. jar of Cherry Lavender Jam from Bushel and Peck of Beloit, Wisconsin and One 8 oz. jar of Classic artisan mustard from Mustard and Co., plus one 5 oz. package of Classic White Organic from Potter's Crackers of Madison, Wi. This gift pack can be purchased for $119.95 and includes free shipping & they have a smaller pack which includes half of the items for $65. We think both are a great value for the price given how much cheese is in each pack, and if you aren't a fan of the Charcuterie packs they have plenty of other gift options to select from or you can buy the individual cheeses by themselves. 

We decided to take the goods over to my mother's house where we put together a charcuterie tray for everyone to snack on. I included the goods from this pack along with a few other things I picked up from the store for everyone to graze on including honey roasted almonds, grapes, pears and assortment of crackers. I had never put together an actual charcuterie board before & it was a lot of fun to do, I enjoyed laying everything out and looked forward to trying out the variety of cheese. 

Most of us are fans of eating cheese, but can be a bit picky with the types of cheese we like. It was surprising just how much everyone loved all of the cheese, even my mom liked one of the stronger bold flavored cheese samples that we weren't sure she would like. Each cheese had it's own unique flavor & scent, some smell a little stronger than the others but all smell delicious. The favorite seemed to be the Fratello which is a mixture of parmesan and Asiago as it was the first to disappear, followed by Rhapsody & the gouda. I actually had to pull the cheese back out to cut some more to refill the tray because everyone enjoyed it so much. We really liked how soft some of the cheese was, I think they would go fantastic in a number of dishes as well such as mac & cheese or pasta.

I am not very good at trying to break down the flavor profile of cheese, so I am not going to attempt to break down each cheese for you. However, I will tell you that I normally don't enjoy many cheeses by themselves or I just don't like them at all, there wasn't a single cheese in this collection that I didn't enjoy. I also really loved the jam included in this box, it was good on crackers, with the cheese and on toast, the mustard was also pretty good and that is coming from someone who eats mustard very rarely. There was very little left on the snack tray after everyone had grazed before dinner, it was nice to have this put together so we could all try the Cheese Brothers. We will all be a bit sad once all the cheese is gone, so it is a given that sometime in the future we will likely order more cheese. I am also looking forward to using some of what we have left in various meals through out the week. 

Prize Alert:
One lucky winner is going to receive a Deluxe Charcuterie Pack to try out for themselves.

This is open US Residents only! Please remember if you DO NOT leave a comment on this blog post as your mandatory entry into the giveaway then all of your entries will be void. Doing the Daily entries will increase your chance of winning. Winners have 72 hours to respond to the notification email! This giveaway is hosted by ME.

This giveaway ends on 6/22/2022 This is being extended until the 26th!

Giveaway entry question: Leave me a blog comment letting me know which cheese from their catalogue you'd like to try. 

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Disclaimer- The products mentioned above were provided by Cheese Brothers for the review & giveaway free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.