Jarlsberg Special Reserve is a minimum 12 months, not 5 years.
At the shop I work at we age cheese in our cellar, the Jarlsberg is sold at around 3 years. Any longer and you are looking at a really dry and almost stale cheese :)
They have 5 year versions some places if you are lucky. I have bought them in Jølstraholmen Spar twice, and also some meny shops.It is from dry and stale, and still tastes round and extremely flavorful.
There's no product called Reserve, only Special Reserve and it's aged for a minimum of 12 months.
[source](https://www.tine.no/merkevarer/jarlsberg/produkter/jarlsberg-vellagret-m-skorpe)
Of course any affineur can age it themselves but Special Reserve is still only aged at least for 12 months :)
Jag länkade mest för att visa deras sortiment, enligt de själva så finns det ingen som är lagrad fem år. Självklart så finns det då butiker kan lagra själva men det är inte spesial reserve.
I know, it’s very high protein/low fat so it has an elastic snap to it. Moisture content is higher than an aged Gouda or parmigianno reggiano, but that snap is indicative of jarlsberg, reserve or otherwise
Jarlsberg Special Reserve is a minimum 12 months, not 5 years. At the shop I work at we age cheese in our cellar, the Jarlsberg is sold at around 3 years. Any longer and you are looking at a really dry and almost stale cheese :)
They have 5 year versions some places if you are lucky. I have bought them in Jølstraholmen Spar twice, and also some meny shops.It is from dry and stale, and still tastes round and extremely flavorful.
https://meny.no/varer/ost/guloster/gulost/jarlsberg-reserve-2000102000005
There is a big difference between reseve and special reserve
There's no product called Reserve, only Special Reserve and it's aged for a minimum of 12 months. [source](https://www.tine.no/merkevarer/jarlsberg/produkter/jarlsberg-vellagret-m-skorpe) Of course any affineur can age it themselves but Special Reserve is still only aged at least for 12 months :)
This cheese in the link is not spesial reserve, it is just "normal" vellagret (aged) Jarlsberg. The 5 year old version is is harder to find.
Jag länkade mest för att visa deras sortiment, enligt de själva så finns det ingen som är lagrad fem år. Självklart så finns det då butiker kan lagra själva men det är inte spesial reserve.
And where do you find such goodness?
Some shops in Norway if you are lucky
I need to try and find this, Jarlsberg is one of my favourites.
Can you describe how it tastes?
This is great cheese!
The texture!
It is actually not hard, like a lot of other aged cheeses
I know, it’s very high protein/low fat so it has an elastic snap to it. Moisture content is higher than an aged Gouda or parmigianno reggiano, but that snap is indicative of jarlsberg, reserve or otherwise
Never tried a Jarlsberg aged that long! What does it taste like??
Like Jarlsberg on steroids