Cheese

Get excited about a fun way to experiment with new cheeses. Owner, Megan, will surprise you with cheeses that are super delicious right now. Each box is different and unique but always delicious.

a $45 box includes at least 1.25 lbs of cheese

a $65 box includes at least 2 lbs of cheese

a $130 box includes at least 4 lbs of cheese

Covid-19 has left the American cheese industry extremely vulnerable. Many small farms and specialty artisans across the country are hurting right now. Let’s work together to keep them open. Each purchase of a Victory Cheese box is a 10% donation to World Central Kitchen and gets you:

.33 lbs of 5 different American artisan cheeses

full description cards of each cheese

1.5 oz jar of Sidehill Farm Jam

1.5 oz jar of Stormy Acres Wildflower Honey

a large Meat Crafters Salami

a specialty chocolate bar from Videri Chocolate Factory

The most ideal expression of American cheddar cheese, this cheddar will win over crowds for sure. It is full flavored with a creamy and warm palate finishing so sweet and grassy.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 15 months

What’s the Type?

• cheddar

Where in the world?

• Bobolink Farm in Milford, New Jersey

Everything you need for a cheese party of up to 6 people. A gift box includes:

.5 lbs of 3 different seasonal cheeses

full description cards of each cheese

Your choice of Effies Biscuits

3 oz jar of Sidehill Farm Jam

2 oz Jar of Fool’s Gold Wildflower Honey

Meat Crafters Salami

A gorgeous 1 lb semi-hard wheel covered in beautiful flowers and herbs- the perfect Summer cheese- even if it’s not quite Summer. The paste is mild and buttery flavor while the herbs and flowers on the outside makes for an incredibly aromatic palate reminiscent of walking through a grassy field of flowers and lavender

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a semi-hard flowered rind aged 7 – 8 months

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

Spread it on a bread, cover it with salted tomatoes, enjoy it with berries, smear it on a bagel- no joke put this on everything!

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk with no age

What’s the Type?

• fresh

Where in the world?

• Chapel’s Country Creamery in Easton, Maryland

This Stilton-esque blue is sure to satisfy the blue loves and Maryland cheese fanatics alike. The paste is creamy and bright with a punchy mineral finish and a definite briney palate.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• blue

Where in the world?

• Chapel's Creamery in Easton, Maryland

The perfect expression of terroir- this collaboration between Anne Saxelby in NYC and Jasper Hill Farm in VT won First Runner Up for Best of Show by the American Cheese Society in 2018. The wheels are brine washed for six months then coated in hay from Jasper Hill’s one of a kind cropping center. The cheese is an exploration into the impact of the cow’s diet o n the finished cheese. It is firm, nutty, and complex with flavors of caramel, chestnut honey, earth, toasted bread, and tropical fruit.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 11 months

What’s the Type?

• hay coated hard cheese

Where in the world?

• Saxelby Cheese in Brooklyn, New York and Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont

Beautiful hand ladled loaves have incredible longevity-changing from bright and young to robust, savory, and creamy over their 2 month post ageing lives. The fluffy and lactic paste is surprisingly mushroomy and savory with bright acid and a clean finish

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a bloomy ashed rind aged 7-10 days

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

This yellow was dipped cheese is the perfect grilled cheese cheese (can we say cheese 1 more time in a sentence?). Melty and delicious with a bright, sweet, nutty, and tangy finish.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 60 days

What’s the Type?

• semi-hard

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

These beautiful 8 pound square tomme-style wheels are one of Meadow Creek Dairy’s 3 produced cheeses and were the Dairy’s first cheese ever produced. Creamy and velvety, Appalachian is so easy to love. The notes of cream, lemon, butter, and mushroom are all perfectly balanced with a long and vibrant finish.

Considering the milk..

• raw cow’s milk aged 90+ days

What’s the Type?

• a semi-hard with a pliable paste

Where in the world?

• Meadow Creek Dairy in Galax, Virginia

A classically styled washed rind which has some serious masculine notes- strong and bod. Eat that rind! It has a beautiful, tacky rind giving way to a fudgy, silky, and rich paste that tastes sweet, grassy, nutty, and earthy.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged at least 60 days

What’s the Type?

• washed rind

Where in the world?

• Meadow Creek Dairy in Galax, Virginia

Imagine a cheese with the pleasant qualities of cheddar but with a funky finish- you've got Amber 16. Washed in Amber Sun Ale from 16 Mile Brewing Company in Delaware. The bright orange rind has a very slight bloom while the paste is a slightly funky and bitter with a long and sweet finish.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• washed rind cheddar

Where in the world?

• Chapel's Creamery in Easton, Maryland.

An ode to the south- these wheels are wrapped in Chattanooga Whiskey soaked local fig leaves. It is complex and nuanced with a fun balance of salty-sweet-savory. Notes of sassafras, bacon, dark chocolate, and tropical fruit

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 14 months

What’s the Type?

• leaf-wrapped blue

Where in the world?

• Sequatchie Cove Creamery in Sequatchie, Tennessee

The delicate white rind is fluffy and thick giving way to a bright white paste that is mushroomy, savory, delicate, and buttery.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 1 month

What’s the Type?

• bloomy

Where in the world?

• Chapel's Creamery in Easton, Maryland

Mixed with oil and herbs or completely plain, this chèvre is the perfect clean and tangy. It is clean and tangy with a soft and crumbly texture.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat's milk with no age

What’s the Type?

• fresh

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland

Owned by Tammy and Ron Lubsen who immigrated from the Netherlands in 1980, Forx Farm buys its high-quality milk from Southern Oaks Jersey Farm & Creamery just 30 minutes away. This 1 year old gouda has tropical fruit flavors with notes of toasted nuts and sweet cream.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 12 months

What’s the Type?

• gouda

Where in the world?

• Forx Farm in Anderson, South Carolina

incredibly sweet from the grass-fed milk while still having a savory finish from the natural and slightly washed rind. super rich and complex, salty with a long and fruity finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged about 1 month

What’s the Type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

This luxurious ashed rind wheel is like full fat yogurt, butter-poached mushrooms, and almonds. It ages beautifully- changign from being firm and a bit chalky to delicious and oozing.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 2-9 weeks

What’s the Type?

• ashed rind

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

These gorgeous 10 oz wheels are dusted with a touch of smoked paprika imparting a delicate smokey flavor to the fudgy, dense paste. With notes of sweet cream, they get more buttery and fudgy with age.

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a bloomy rind dusted with smoked paprika aged 7-10 days

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

So easy to love- this cheese is super creamy with a long and sweet finish. It is smooth and bright with a long finish reminiscent of cave- musty, sweet, and grassy

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 4 months

What’s the Type?

• semi-hard

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

These 12 pound wheels are made as a nod to Morbier- with a tacky orange rind and a line of ash in the center. The perfect pairing for microbrews, this creamy washed rind is perfectly balanced, creamy, and bitter with a long and slightly bitter finish from being washed.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 3months or more

What’s the Type?

• washed

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey

With it’s tangy and super smooth flavor and texture, this cultured butter is ideal for toast, on meat, and for baking.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk with no age

What’s the Type?

• fresh, butter

Where in the world?

• Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse in Milford, New Jersey

These beautiful 14 lb Alpine-style wheels are one of Meadow Creek Dairy’s 3 produced cheeses. It is smooth and supple cheese with a paste that dissolves on the tongue- buttery rich with notes of roasted nuts and finishing with a rich, beefy, and caramel flavors

Considering the milk..

• raw cow’s milk aged at least 6 months

What’s the Type?

• a hard cheese with a smooth and supple paste

Where in the world?

• Meadow Creek Dairy in Galax, Virginia

This 2019 ACS best in class hard goat's milk cheese is beautifully nutty with a long caramel and salty finish

Considering the milk...

• raw goat's milk aged 10 months

What’s the Type?

• hard cheese

Where in the world?

• Lively Run Goat Dairy in Interlaken, New York

This big, beefy, beer-laden washed rind has been washed regularly with beer during aging resulting in a flavors of cured meat, fresh cream, and a long lush finish

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged at least 60 days

What’s the Type?

• washed

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

Milky and creamy on the palate with bight spicy kicks, this triple creme is perfectly spicy and balanced

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow's milk 

What’s the Type?

• bloomy triple creme

Where in the world?

• Tulip Tree Creamery in Indianapolis, Indiana

This first place winner at the American Cheese Society has a lovely and bright paste with a fun goaty, earthy flavor with a mild and balanced finish

Considering the milk...

• raw goat's milk aged 2 months

What’s the Type?

• blue cheese

Where in the world?

• Lively Run Goat Dairy in Interlaken, New York

Judged “best cheese in the world” at the 2019/202 World Cheese Awards, Rogue River Blue is a true showstopper. Made from organic cow's milk during autumn then aged for 9 months and wrapped in pear liqueur soaked Syrah grape leaves. 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 9 months

What’s the Type?

• blue

Where in the world?

• Rogue Creamery in Central Point, Oregon

Celebrate and savor the winers of this year's American Cheese Society Judging Competition. Owner, Megan, will surprise you with a variety of cheeses that were winners this year. Each box is different and unique but always delicious.

a $55 box includes at least 1.25 lbs of cheese

a $75 box includes at least 2 lbs of cheese

a $150 box includes at least 4 lbs of cheese

Celebrate Christmas in cheesy style!

The full month calendar includes 25 individually wrapped items curated into 4 boxes available for shipping or local pickup in North Beach weekly on Thursdays beginning on December 1st. Each box will contain 7 different items that can all come together to form a themed cheese board (plus a few bonus goodies) and a note from me explaining the theme of the week. The boxes will include some of our favorite and very special cheeses, fresh baked breads, accompaniments, and swag. 

The 12 days of Christmas box includes 12 individually wrapped items curated into one epic box of cheesy presents. This can be shipped or arranged for local pickup in North Beach. Assemble your amazing cheese board with our favorite and most special cheeses, fresh baked bread, accompaniments, and swag. The 12 days of Cheesemas advent box is $250.

Stunning 1/3 lb wheels of fresh goaty deliciousness that are the definition of eating first with our eyes. Feast away on the delicate, tart, and lactic with its fine and airy texture and flavors of fresh grass, herbs, and flowers. The rind is covered in fresh flower petals, herbs, and fennel pollen.

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a semi-hard flowered rind with no age

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

Gorgeous balls of ashed rind goat's milk ideal for aging. Beneath her wrinkly exterior lies a complexity not often found in such a young cheese.  When young, its thin skin is white and slightly wrinkled.  Closer to 5 weeks old its dryer and crumbling, becoming more wrinkled, allowing the ash to shine through. Notes of lemon, allspice, and a distinct goat tang show through with a milk flavor and light, firm texture

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a bloomy ashed rind aged at least 10 days

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

Available only during the months of November and December while the cows are eating the winter’s dry hay, this gooey and spoonable washed wheel is the ideal centerpiece to any festive table. It is rich and deep in flavor reminiscent of beef broth, cured meat, cultured cream, toasted nuts, and grass.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 60 days

What’s the Type?

• washed and bloomy cheese

Where in the world?

• Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville, Wisconsin

Washed with Cutlass Vienna Lager from Heavy Seas Brewery in Baltimore, this stinky washed rind is tangy and pungent with notes of dried apricot, herbs, and finishes with bright acid

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged about 1 month

What’s the Type?

• washed

Where in the world?

• Chapel’s Country Creamery in Easton, Maryland

This perfectly balanced sweet and savory hard cheese has a beautifully granular yet firm texture and flavors of roasted almonds and thyme with a long and subtly sweet and herbaceous finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 6 months

What’s the Type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Chapel’s Country Creamery in Easton, Maryland