Cheese

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

Head to the top of the mountain with this six-ounce pyramid of bloomy, ashed, slightly blue deliciousness!. The patchy blue, grey, and white mold rind gives way to a creamline soul and a flyffy interior that tastes like minerals and hay.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat's milk aged at least 3-5 weeks

What’s the Type?

• ashed rind with a little blue mold

Where in the world?

• FireFly Farms in Accident, 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

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

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

These adorable wheels of blue are aged then packed with a generous pour of Eden Cider’s ice cider. The wheels absorb the cider during their last bit of aging and truly take on the incredible mouthfeel and flavors of the ice cider. This cheese is wonderfully creamy and rich with a paste that is sweet, decadent, and tastes exactly like super sweet apples.

Considering the milk…

• raw cow’s milk soaked in ice cider

What’s the type?

• wine soaked blue cheese

Where in the world?

• Jasper Hill Farm in Greensboro, VT and Eden Specialty Ciders in Newport, VT

A truly incredible and rich cheese. It is amazingly sweet and fun with notes of butterscotch and rock candy with a lingering tang

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the type?

• blue cheese

Where in the world?

• The Grey Barn & Farm in Chilmark, Massachusetts

In addition to being a true game changer for the sheep’s milk industry in the United States, Old Chatham Creamery practices fantastic sustainability on the farm managing soil health and utilizing all farm by-products.

Considering the milk…

•        pasteurized sheep’s milk

What’s the type?

•        blue

Where in the world?

•        Old Chatham Creamery in Groton, New York

How does it taste?

•        sweet and bright with notes of butterscotch, sweet, cream, and butter and a decidedly floral finish