Colston Bassett is one of the smallest dairies in the United Kingdom. They make their pasteurized cow's milk Stilton the traditional way using hand-ladled curd and animal rennet, not to be found at any other Stilton maker. Thus, the texture of Colston Bassett Stilton is more luscious, creamy and full-bodied and the flavour, more complex and deeper than any other cheese produced with vegetable rennet.

It has a close, creamy texture with pale, ivory paste that edges onto amber as it gets close to the rind and a homogeneous distribution of blue coloured veins. The wrinkly rind is slightly sticky, orange-brown in colour, speckled with patches of white mould. Flavour-wise, Colston Bassett Stilton is earthy and lactic, balanced by the richness of blue mould and butter. When young, it tends to be slightly tangy, but this will disappear as the cheese matures.

This celebrated cheese has won gold medal at the 2014 World Cheese Awards.

• Made from pasteurized cow's milk
• Country of origin: England, Great Britain and United Kingdom
• Region: Nottinghamshire
• Family: Blue
• Type: semi-hard, artisan
• Fat content: 33%
• Texture: buttery, creamy, firm and smooth
• Rind: natural
• Colour: cream
• Flavour: buttery, earthy, fruity, milky, savory, tangy
• Vegetarian: no
• Producers: Colston Bassett Dairy Limited, Neal's Yard Dairy

Other English cheeses:

• hard cheeses: Appleby's Double Gloucester, Barber's 1833, Bermondsey Hard Pressed, Blue Wensleydale , Buffalo, Cheddar, Cheshire, Coverdale, Crumbly Lancashire , Davidstow 3 Year Reserve Special Vintage, ... show all ... , Davidstow Extra Mature Cheddar, Davidstow Mature Cheddar, Denhany Dorset Drum, Double Gloucester, Double Worcester, Duddleswell, Gloucester, Gospel Green, Hereford Hop, Herriot Farmhouse, Huntsman, Keens Cheddar, Lincolnshire Poacher, Lyburn's Winchester, Marble Cheddar, Marbled Cheeses, Mature Wensleydale, Menallack Farmhouse, Millstone, Muddlewell, Old Harry, Old Winchester, Seriously Strong Cheddar, Spenwood, Sraffordshire Organic, Tasty Lancashire, Tregonwell, Tyning, Wellesley , Wellington, Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar
• semi-hard cheeses: Abbot’s Gold, Applewood, Burwood Bole , Coquetdale, Cornish Wild Garlic Yarg, Cornish Yarg, Cotherstone, Cotswold, Curworthy, Derby, ... show all ... , Devon Blue, Devon Garland, Friesla, Huntsman, Keltic Gold, Lyburn Gold, Lyburn Lightly Oak Smoked, Malvern, Montgomery's Cheddar, Old Ford, Red Windsor, Sage Derby, Sharpham Rustic, Sharpham Rustic Chive & Garlic, Sharpham Savour, Stoney Cross, Ticklemore
• semi-soft cheeses: Burwash Rose, Capra Nouveau, Cardo , Chorlton Blue Cheshire, Cornish Blue, Cornish Crumbly, Cornish Smuggler, Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton, Exmoor Blue, Francis, ... show all ... , Harbourne Blue, Innes Brick, Kirkham's Lancashire, Little Colonel, Loddiswell Avondale, Lyburn Garlic and Nettle, Marbled Cheeses, May Hill Green, Miss Muffet, Ogleshield, Oxford Blue, Ringwell, Stichelton, Stilton, Tilly Whim, Trelawny, Waterloo, Wigmore
• soft cheeses: Baron Bigod, Bartlett, Bath Blue, Bath Cheese, Beenleigh Blue, Blacksticks Blue, Bosworth, Buxton Blue, Capricorn Somerset Goats Cheese, Cornish Brie, ... show all ... , Cornish Pepper, Cote Hill Blue, Cranborne , Cremet , Delamere Goats Cheese Logs, Dorset White, Dorstone, Doublet, Dumpling, Emlett, Finn, Flower Marie, Golden Cross, Innes Log, Little Rydings, Old Burford, Ragstone, Sharpham, Sharpham Elmhirst, Shepherd's Crook, Somerset Brie, Stawley, St Jude, Sussex Slipcote, Tunworth, Tymsboro, Yorkshire Blue
• fresh soft cheeses: Cerney Pyramid, Childwickbury, Creamy Lancashire, Olde York, Perroche, Sleightlett, Vulscombe, Windrush Cheeses

Other cheeses from Great Britain:

• hard cheeses: Appleby's Double Gloucester, Bermondsey Hard Pressed, Davidstow 3 Year Reserve Special Vintage, Davidstow Extra Mature Cheddar, Davidstow Mature Cheddar, Dorset Blue Vinney, Double Worcester, Hafod, Huntsman, Isle of Man Mature Cheddar, ... show all ... , Isle of Man Mild Cheddar, Isle of Man Mild Coloured Cheddar, Leafield, Little Black Bomber, Llanglofan Farmhouse, Lyburn's Winchester, Old Harry, Old Winchester, Penbryn, Seator's Orkney, Sraffordshire Organic, Tregonwell, Tyn Grug, Wellesley
• semi-hard cheeses: Abbot’s Gold, Applewood, Burwood Bole , Cotswold, Devon Garland, Huntsman, Lyburn Gold, Lyburn Lightly Oak Smoked, Maisie's Kebbuck, Malvern, Montgomery's Cheddar, Old Ford, Sharpham Rustic, Sharpham Rustic Chive & Garlic, Sharpham Savour, Stoney Cross, Teifi, Ticklemore , White Stilton with Mango & Ginger
• semi-soft cheeses: Burwash Rose, Cardo , Chorlton Blue Cheshire, Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton, Francis, Gorwydd Caerphilly, Harlech Truckle, Innes Brick, Kirkham's Lancashire, Little Colonel, Lyburn Garlic and Nettle, May Hill Green, Ogleshield, Shropshire Blue, Stichelton, Tilly Whim
• soft cheeses: Baron Bigod, Bartlett, Bath Blue, Blacksticks Blue, Cornish Brie, Cranborne , Cremet , Dorset White, Dorstone, Innes Log, Pencarreg, Ragstone, Sharpham Elmhirst, Stawley, St Jude, Tunworth
• fresh soft cheeses: Cerney Pyramid, Childwickbury, Olde York, Pant ys Gawn, Sleightlett, Windrush Cheeses

Other cheeses from United Kingdom:

• hard cheeses: Acorn, Appleby's Double Gloucester, Basing, Berkswell, Bermondsey Hard Pressed, Buffalo, Caerphilly, Cheshire, Coverdale, Davidstow 3 Year Reserve Special Vintage, ... show all ... , Davidstow Extra Mature Cheddar, Davidstow Mature Cheddar, Double Gloucester, Double Worcester, Duddleswell, Dunlop, Extra Mature Wensleydale, Gloucester, Gospel Green, Hafod, Hereford Hop, Huntsman, Isle of Mull, Lairobell, Lincolnshire Poacher, Little Black Bomber, Llanglofan Farmhouse, Lyburn's Winchester, Marble Cheddar, Marbled Cheeses, Mature Wensleydale, Oak Smoked Wensleydale, Old Harry, Old Winchester, Orkney Extra Mature Cheddar, Orkney Mature Cheddar, Penbryn, Red Leicester, Scotch Bonnet Cheddar, Seator's Orkney, Seriously Strong Cheddar, Spenwood, Sraffordshire Organic, Tregonwell, Tyn Grug, Wellesley , Wensleydale, Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar
• semi-hard cheeses: Abbot’s Gold, Applewood, Burwood Bole , Cotherstone, Cotswold, Criffel, Derby, Devon Blue, Devon Garland, Huntsman, ... show all ... , Lord of the Hundreds, Lyburn Gold, Lyburn Lightly Oak Smoked, Maisie's Kebbuck, Malvern, Montgomery's Cheddar, Old Ford, Orkney Medium Coloured Cheddar, Red Windsor, Sage Derby, Sharpham Rustic, Sharpham Rustic Chive & Garlic, Sharpham Savour, Stoney Cross, Teifi, Ticklemore , White Stilton with Mango & Ginger, Wyfe of Bath
• semi-soft cheeses: Ailsa Craig, Burwash Rose, Cardo , Celtic Promise, Chorlton Blue Cheshire, Cropwell Bishop Blue Stilton, Exmoor Blue, Francis, Gorwydd Caerphilly, Harbourne Blue, ... show all ... , Harlech Truckle, Innes Brick, Kirkham's Lancashire, Lake District Extra Mature Cheddar, Little Colonel, Lyburn Garlic and Nettle, Marbled Cheeses, May Hill Green, Ogleshield, Oxford Blue, Pembrokeshire Extra Mature Cheddar, Pembrokeshire Mature Cheddar, Red Dragon Truckle, Stichelton, Stinking Bishop, Tilly Whim, Waterloo, Wigmore
• soft cheeses: Baron Bigod, Bartlett, Bath Blue, Bath Cheese, Beenleigh Blue, Blacksticks Blue, Bonchester, Bosworth, Buxton Blue, Cornish Brie, ... show all ... , Cote Hill Blue, Cottage Cheese, Cranborne , Cremet , Delamere Goats Cheese Logs, Dorset White, Dorstone, Dunsyre Blue, Finn, Flower Marie, Golden Cross, Innes Log, Lake District Mature Cheddar, Ragstone, Sharpham, Sharpham Elmhirst, Somerset Brie, Stawley, St Jude, Tunworth, Yorkshire Blue
• fresh firm cheeses: Wensleydale with Cranberries
• fresh soft cheeses: Cerney Pyramid, Childwickbury, Innes Button, Olde York, Pant ys Gawn, Perroche, Sleightlett, Vulscombe, Windrush Cheeses