The Old Town Cheese & Chocolate Pairing

Join Old Town neighbors Nuance Chocolate and The Welsh Rabbit for an intimate, guided tasting evening exploring the unexpected synergies between two ancient, fermented culinary crafts: bean-to-bar chocolate and artisan cheese.

Led directly by a specialist from each team, this five-course sensory flight explores how origin acidity, roasting physics, and cocoa butter interact with aged pasture crystals, bloomy rinds, and rich alpine milk curds.

Course 1: Bright & Bloomy

• The Cheese: Brebirousse d'Argental (French sheep’s milk brie; velvety and rich with delicate mushroom undertones)
• The Chocolate: Mexico Single-Origin (Rare blanco cacao naturally high in cocoa butter; lighter in hue with notes of apricot jam on warm baguette)

Course 2: Savory Alpine & Walnut Fudge

• The Cheese: Classic Swiss Gruyère (Dense, nutty, unpasteurized alpine cow’s milk cheese)
• The Chocolate: Vanuatu Single-Origin (Low-acidity South Pacific cacao; deeply dark in color with a dense, fudge-like melt and notes of baked brownie and toasted walnut)

Course 3: Ruby Port & Roasted Extraction

• The Cheese: Port Wine Derby (Traditional English cheddar marbled with fruity ruby port)
• The Chocolate: Ozo Coffee Bar (High-acidity Madagascar cacao layered with grapefruit and raspberry, infused with Ozo's naturally processed Ethiopian espresso featuring prominent blueberry notes)

Course 4: Crystalline Pasture & Coconut

• The Cheese: Prairie Breeze Cheddar (Award-winning Iowa cheddar packed with savory tyrosine crunch crystals)
• The Chocolate: Ivory Coast 70% (Rainforest Alliance certified; classic bold structure displaying elegant notes of coconut and black tea)

Course 5: Sweet Smoke & Confectionery Cream

• The Cheese: Stomp Toren Grand Cru (Deeply aged smoked Gouda with buttery, savory caramel notes)
• The Chocolate: Oat Milk Chocolate (Plant-based milk chocolate crafted with certified gluten-free oats for a smooth, creamy, caramel-forward melt)

• Full guided five-course flight pairing 5 artisan cheeses with 5 single-origin chocolates.
• Live educational walk-through on chocolate and cheese making along with a sensory evaluation.
• Printed pairing guide card with tasting notes and origin profiles to take home.
• Water and palate cleansers provided throughout the flight.
• After-hours retail access to purchase chocolate bars and select cheese cuts following the event.
  

Seating: Intimate community-style seating. Capacity is strictly limited to ensure an educational experience.

Nuance Chocolate maintains a strictly gluten-free facility where no gluten-containing ingredients are permitted into the building; however, as an artisan craft kitchen, our products are not independently laboratory tested or certified gluten-free. Cheeses feature traditional cow and sheep dairy.