Wisconsin Cheese Company Selling 20 Year Cheddar at $209 Per Pound

A cheese company in Mineral Point will be selling a limited edition cheddar starting next month for $209 per pound.

Tony Hook of Hook’s Cheese Company is set to debut a 20-year cheddar at a free attendance cheese cutting event on May 8.

The cheddar will be available for purchase May 15 in a limited batch, but the company is taking pre-orders now.

The high price is said to be due to the time and labor that aging a cheese for two decades takes. Cheese most often found in grocery stores
is aged from 3 months to 2 years.

The Mineral Point Chamber of Commerce said It’s so rare, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack of cheese. “It’s a very special cheese and deserves a very special ceremonial cutting.”

The cheese can be preordered on Hook’s website at hookscheese.com.

A previous release of a similar cheese by Hooks saw all 450 lbs. sold in 2 days.

The cutting ceremony will start at 5:00 p.m. May 8,