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The brand\u2019s longevity and respected status means that Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck features in some interesting moments in Swedish history. In 1896, Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck was served at the farewell dinner hosted by the Garden Society of Gothenburg for the famous Swedish balloonist Andr\u00e9e, prior to his ill-fated North Pole expedition. We have the original menu in the Almn\u00e4s archive. Guests at the 500th anniversary dinner of the first Swedish Parliament in 1935 enjoyed Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck cheese. The cheese was served a year later at a charity event at Haga Castle in Stockholm, organized by Crown Princess Sibylla. We have the original orders from Parliament and the Crown Princess in our archives.<\/p>\n
After a short break in production, in 2008 we were fortunate enough to enlist the help of our former dairyman, Hans Stiller, to revive the manufacture of Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck cheese using the original Almn\u00e4s recipe and method. He was 82 years old. We took the wooden planks from the old dairy and used them in our new storage facility. The original bacterial cultures that remain in the planks imbue the Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck rounds with an authentic historical note, preserving an unbroken chain of bacterial cultures dating at least 150 years.<\/p>\n
Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck weighs about 8 kilograms (22 pounds) and is 31 centimeters (12 inches) in diameter. Until 1961, the surface of the cheese was waxed, but for today\u2019s Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck cheese we have chosen to wash the surface in salt water in the same traditional method we use for Almn\u00e4s Brick.<\/p>\n
In classic Swedish literature, Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck is described as the archetype of the great Swedish Manor cheese. Its aroma is slightly tangy, calling to mind the grassy-milky scent of a warm cow barn. Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck has a slightly tart, complex umami flavour, and the mouthfeel is smooth, dense, and creamy. The storage time is between 10 and 15 months.<\/p>\n
In 2018, Wr\u00e5ngeb\u00e4ck cheese won the Silver at the World Cheese Awards held in Bergen, Norway.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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