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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The ideal hard and crumbly cheese that is incredibly balanced and wildly delicious. The paste is crumbly and pleasantly granular with bright acidity and mineral driven with tropical fruit notes, honey, and sourdough bread.

Considering the milk...

• raw goat & sheep’s milk aged at least 9 months

What’s the Type?

• hard cheese

Where in the world?

• Twenty Paces Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia

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

this fudgy and dense washed wheel has a thick rind perfect for a picnic or evening snacking. The dense sweet paste is mouthcoating with bright acid to keep it easy to eat.

Considering the milk...

• raw goat & sheep’s milk aged at least 3 months

What’s the Type?

• washed rind

Where in the world?

• Twenty Paces Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia

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

Cheese curds are among the most delicious and easy snacks. Grab a handful, add whatever spices if you want them, and go nuts!

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk with no age

What’s the Type?

• fresh curds

Where in the world?

• Calkins Creamery in Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Smoky and earthy semi firm wheels with a creamy and savory profile of briny smoked oysters and boiled peanuts. The rind is rubbed with Applewood smoked sea salt making for a slightly smoked finish.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 4 months

What’s the Type?

• blue

Where in the world?

• Sequatchie Cove Creamery in Sequatchie, Tennessee