BirbaBlu ($24.99/lb.)

This showstopping blue from the Rosso family is finished with artisanal blonde ale, resulting in a creamy, sweet, beer-forward cheese. It soaks in the beer for 10 days, then cheesemaker Maria covers each wheel with malted wheat to absorb the humidity of the cheese and give it its characteristic malty, fruity flavor and aroma. Compact and malleable, the butteriness of the cheese balances perfectly against the spicy blue molds in the paste. Pasteurized cow's milk; Italy.