Residents Flock to Stinky Cheese Tasting at Boston Cheese Cellar

The aroma inside Roslindale's Boston Cheese Cellar was stronger than usual on Saturday thanks to the shop's first ever "Stink-O-Meter" Stinky Cheese Tasting.

A line inside the store was well worth the wait to sample some of the stinkiest cheeses known to mankind.

"This is some serious stuff. We're climbing up the Stink-O-Meter," said Nick Pierce while handing out cheeses, whose mother Kathy Lacher owns the Cellar. 

"Very pungent and wonderful," said Sage Rad, of Roslindale, while sampling the Hudson Red. 

The Hudson Red cheese from New York's Hudson Valley was part of Round Two on Saturday during the 2-hour event. The cheese did not disappoint from the tasting guide's description, "This is what we mean when we say 'stinky cheese.'"

Before getting to the really stinky cheeses, Stephanie Beale, with a title of Cheese Mongerer, offered the the Winnimere made with rich high-protein milk from Ayrshire cows - a smoother cheese, which earned a 3 on the Stink-O-Meter. 

The stinkiest cheese of the tasting, rating a 5 out of 5, was the Hooligan cheese from Connecticut. Pierce recommended eating the buttermilk-washed rind separately, which lingered in your mouth.

What cheeses did you sample? Let us know in the comments section.