On the surface these are absolutely beautiful curds, but looks aren't everything. Being that these curds are beer battered, I had very high expectations for these curds. When they arrived I was quite pleased with the perfect golden brown of the curds, from there it was downhill. When I broke the first curd to check the stretchiness of the cheese I believe the words I said were "that's not a good sign". The cheese pulled apart in wierd globs rather than with a nice uniform stretch.
The batter, while containing some seasoning was very thick and rather bland. As with most batters that are are too thick, some of the batter wasn't fully cooked on all the curds which gives a strange consistency for the mouth feel.
These curds don't just pair well with ranch, they require it. These curds really cannot stand on their own, the breading is too thick and bland to eat these curds dry.
Now, I know that I've got a lot bad to say about these curds, but they have extraordinary potential, but are just not quite executed well. If they just thinned out the batter a little bit, got fresher curds and maybe kicked the seasonings in the batter these could score very high. However as they currently stand I can only give them a 4.5 which hurts because I really wanted to enjoy them and they looked so beautiful.
