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 and contains a variety of different styles and types of cheeses based on what is seasonally delicious right now.

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 Stormy Acres Wildflower Honey

Meat Crafters Salami

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

A classic cheddar- the cheddaring process lends a great milled texture perfect for cooking or snacking. It is bright and smooth with a lovely nutty finish.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• cheddar

Where in the world?

• Chapel's Creamery in Easton, Maryland

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

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

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

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

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

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

This award-winning, interesting and creamy washed rind is the perfect introduction to stinky cheese. It is clean and savory with a smooth and pliable texture- not too pungent but still earthy and interesting. It is hand flipped and washed every other day using a liquid of water, salt, and the cultures geotrichum and brevibacterium linens

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat's milk aged at least 10 weeks

What’s the Type?

• washed rind

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland

These 4-5 pound wheels are made in the traditional Manchego basket molds and have a beautifully textured oily rind. It is the perfect cheese for snacking with cured meats and wine- crumbly, salty, and delicious. It is incredibly full bodied with all the flavors of sheep’s milk- salty, meaty, and herbaceous

Considering the milk...

• raw sheep’s milk aged 5 months or more

What’s the Type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey

A truly decadent triple creme that is complex and interesting.

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow & sheep’s milk

What’s the type?

• bloomy triple

Where in the world?

• Old Chatham Creamery in Groton, New York

How does it taste?

• super creamy and decadent with a rich palate with a very pretty and floral paste

This wonderfully delicate and creamy semi-hard goat's milk cheese is made using traditional cheesemaking techniques with modern equipment. With a long floral and granular finish, Verigoat is a perfectly delicious cheese- great for snacking, cheese boards, or cooking.

Considering the milk...

• raw goat's milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• semi-hard

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey

Though there was never a major battle in Greensboro during the Revolutionary War, the Bayley Hazen road was a very important part of Greensboro history- bringing the area’s first settlers and continuing to be used today. Named for the road built by George Washington’s troops with the attempt of a Canadian invasion, this Jasper Hill Farm original is way too delicious. It is creamy, chocolaty, and salty, this blue has the perfect balance of luscious fat and bright acid.

 

Considering the milk…

• raw cow’s milk

What’s the type?

• blue cheese aged 3-5 months

Where in the world?

• Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont

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

Black Tuscan truffles laced through this cheese make for a delightfully decadent experience. Sheep’s milk buttery goodness mixes beautifully with the earthy richness from the summer truffles making every bite truly special.

 

Considering the milk...

• raw sheep’s milk aged 4-6 months 

What’s the Type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey

These nearly 40 pound wheels are bound in cloth and do their aging in the caves at Jasper Hill Farm. of the 6 caves located at Jasper Hill Far, one entire cave is committed exclusively to the aging of this special cheddar and helps to fund the rest of the gaining facility on the farm. The wheels are grassy and herbaceous with a long a bright finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 12 months

What’s the Type?

• clothbound cheddar

Where in the world?

• Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, Vermont

The namesake cheese of redhead number 4, this cheese embodies all that Maggie is too- sharp, fruity, and a little salty with age.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged for 4+ months

What’s the type?

• cheddar

Where in the world?

• Redhead Creamery in Brooten, Minnesota

How does it taste?

• Beautifully sweet like ripe strawberries with a crumbly and crunchy texture and a stellar salty finish

This young cow's milk cheese is just as the name suggests, easy as a breeze.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow's milk aged about 2 weeks

What’s the Type?

• bloomy rind

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, Maryland

Funky, beefy, and brothy all brought together into this gorgeous savory and luscious wheel.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 4 months

What’s the type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

This pretty wheel's white rind becomes wrinkled with occasional spots of blue. Piper is carefully hand-ladled into individual molds.  The flavor profile gets more buttery with age, breaking down into a thick cream line and a fudgy paste that adds to its silky lusciousness even 5 – 6 weeks later.

Considering the milk…

•       pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•       a soft, mold ripened rind dusted with a slight coating of paprika

Where in the world?

•       Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

• During the make, curds are cut very small and then heated to remove additional moisture before being molded at 50 lb wheels and pressed for over a day. During aging, they are regularly rubbed with olive oil to reduce mold growth and seal in moisture. The cheese has a granular and crystalline paste is nutty, smoky, fruity, and sweet with notes of waxy white flowers and balanced salt

 

Considering the milk…

• raw sheep’s milk aged for at least 5 months on Ash wood slabs

What’s the type?

• cave-aged hard cheese

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey

Serve with fruit and honey, roasted nuts, avocado and everything crumble, or straight with a spoon- every way you eat this, it is simply perfect with just the right amount of salt and moisture.

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the Type?

• fresh, ricotta

Where in the world?

• Maplebrook Farm in North Bennington, Vermont

Named for the plateau surrounding the farm, this wheel is fruity and tangy with an aroma of dried leaves finishing with a fruity tang like cultured buttermilk and sweet hay.

 

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 4 months

What’s the Type?

• semi-hard

Where in the world?

• Sequatchie Cove Creamery in Sequatchie, Tennessee

These wheels are stunningly beautiful showcasing the color difference between the bright white paste and the dark ask rind. The beautiful cream line under the ashed rind gives way to a paste that is robust, unctuous, and earthy

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 30 days

What’s the type?

• ashed

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

Campo brings along with it a delicious reminder of Italy!  Named not only for its Italian translation of “field”, but also for the sensory image of a campfire gathering that it conjures up. It takes on hints of toasted walnut and brown butter, while a flavor of beautiful cured meat surfaces. 

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 2 months (or more)

What’s the type?

• smoked washed rind

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

This donut of a wheel is dense and creamy with a long lactic and woodsy finish and a fluffy rind.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 30 days

What’s the type?

• bloomy rind

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

Made traditionally, mozzarella is pulled and then filled with mozzarella and cream. Each ½ pound container has 2 insanely delicious balls of burrata.

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the Type?

• fresh, burrata

Where in the world?

• Maplebrook Farm in North Bennington, Vermont

With a nutty and caramel flavored paste, the cheese tastes like brown butter, grass, and wet clay.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized sheep milk aged 3 months

What’s the type?

• semi-hard 

Where in the world?

• Green Dirt Farm in Westin, Missouri