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Looking for the name of a swiss cheese I tried while in germany?

Ok, I was in Germany, and I tried a cheese that was recommended to me a man at a store. He said it was made in the swiss alps. It had a grey/slate colored rind --I'm pretty sure. Now I am about to butcher this, but I think that he called the cheese Iberstitzen, or Iben maybe. I cannot find it online, because I'm sure I have the name at least slightly wrong. This could also be a company name, who knows. Please help, it was very good cheese.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    extra hard- Sbrinz

    Hard-

    Emmentaler,

    Gruyère/Greyerzer

    Berner Alpkäse

    Schabziger,

    Swiss cheese being stored in a cellar in a small cheese dairy near St. Gallen

    Semi-hard-

    Appenzeller

    Bündner Bergkäse

    Mutschli

    Raclette

    Tête de Moine

    Vacherin Fribourgeois

    Tilsiter: "Royalp Tilsit",]

    Semi-soft-

    Vacherin Mont d'Or

    Formaggini

    Soft-

    Gala

    Other cheeses

    Büsciun da cavra

    L'Etivaz (AOC, Alps and Prealps vaudoises)

    Tomme vaudoise

    Hope that helps you out, the most famous one though is gruyere from Switzerland but I can not think of any with that name or spelling.

    There is one french one I can think of made in the french alps Tomme de Savoie and that has a bluey grey rind.

    there is a company called iber conseil who supply cheeses but none with that description.

    I hope the list there makes a bit easier to maybe find the one you are looking for.

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