Cheese

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

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

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 2 pound wheels are bright and lactic. Their size makes perfect for eating out of hand or for baking with fruits and nuts for large parties. Either way, it is creamy and gooey with notes of lemon, mushroom, and onion, and grassy palate and a bright lactic finish.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 60 days

What’s the Type?

• bloomy rind

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

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

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 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

The owners, Emily Bryant and Jay Montgomery believe that yummy cheese comes from happy cows and are committed to making sure their herd of 180 Holstein cows are healthy and happy while they graze on over 50 acres (of the farm’s 330). Barn Red Ched is super sweet and creamy with a floral and fruity finish and a texture that is sticky and mouth coating.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• waxed rind cheddar aged 3 months

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

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

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

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

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

Owners Fons Smits and Laura Davenport have a wealth of experience from various creameries before they embarked on their own endeavor. Tulip Tree focuses on sustainable, vegetarian-friendly practices. This little square of spreadable goodness is absolutely beautiful solo or with a tart and sweet jam and crunchy bread. It is soft, rich, and spreadable with a pleasantly floral paste.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow's milk 

What’s the Type?

• bloomy triple creme

Where in the world?

• Tulip Tree Creamery in Indianapolis, Indiana

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

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

Super tangy and full flavored. This butter packs a punch. Use it slathered on bread or in cooking with meats for a full flavored addition.

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk butter, salted

What’s the Type?

• fresh, butter

Where in the world?

• Ploughgate Creamery in North Bennington, Vermont

This cave-aged cheese is delicious on sandwiches, for snacks, and also on melts!  The old fashioned creamery is located on 120 beautiful crease in Morris County, New Jersey, less than one hour from New York City. It is creamy and tangy, with an unforgettable finish.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow's milk aged 3 months

What’s the Type?

• semi-hard

Where in the world?

• Valley Shepherd Creamery in Long Valley, New Jersey