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

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

 

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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 sweet little wheels are so beautiful- creamy and tangy with a cheesecake like texture and amazingly floral and pretty.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 30 days

What’s the type?

• semi-hard aged with chamomile flowers

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

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 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 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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

You think you know the classic Bobolink Cheddar? Wait until you meet her much older counterpart. •    The extensive aging time of this cheese changes it completely. Full of tyrosine crystals for crunch, this cheddar will surprise you with how bright and fruity it is! A perfect choice for snacking.Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 5+ years

What’s the Type?

• cheddar

Where in the world?

• Bobolink Farm in Milford, New Jersey

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

All the things you love about goat cheese and cheddar rolled into one! With the bright white paste indicative of goat cheese, Pure Luck offers bright, grassy, tangy flavors, but also provides the quintessential crumbliness and crunchiness of an aged cheddar.

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat & cow’s milk aged 6 months

What’s the Type?

• farmhouse cheddar

Where in the world?

• Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

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

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

A truly lush experience all the way around. When the wheels are still young, the paste of this cheese is sticky and supple, with a tang that reminds you of cultured butter. The longer it continues to ripen, the wheel will soften and the paste nearly melts upon cutting into it. The flavors will also mature into more earthy tones, like savory truffles.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the type?

• bloomy

Where in the world?

• High Lawn Farm in Lee, Massachusetts 

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

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

Insanely creamy and tangy with a stellar doughy texture in the paste and fluffy pillows of goodness from the rind

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 2-9 weeks

What’s the Type?

• bloomy geotrichum rind

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

A total winner all the way around. The bright saltiness of the milk mixed with the punchiness of the blue balances in a way that would be enjoyable in anything from a grilled cheese to a salad. The creamier texture also makes it perfect to spread on any cracker or toast!

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the type?

• blue

Where in the world?

• High Lawn Farm in Lee, Massachusetts 

These wheels are fresh and young, this wheel is bright and tangy like cultured butter, but as it ripens, the paste turns rich and luscious with a mushroom-y earthiness.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 30 days

What’s the type?

• bloomy rind bucheron style

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

Made from 2 cheeses from Chapel’s Country Creamery, house roasted peppers, Texas Pete, and salt. Contaners are 1 pint.

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 

An adorable dense and chalky wheel of goat’s milk goodness.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized goat’s milk aged for 7 - 10 days

What’s the type?

• semi soft with vegetable ash

Where in the world?

• Pipe Dreams Fromage, Pennsylvania

How does it taste?

• this small log of tangy goat’s milk is covered with a thick layer of vegetable ash resulting in a bright and zippy paste and a mineral finish.

Where in the world?

• Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

This semi-firm cow’s milk mountain style is cave aged resulting in a very complex paste with notes of cream, lemon, and nuts with a long and delicate finish

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized cow's milk

What’s the Type?

• semi hard mountain style

Where in the world?

• Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

This cheese will surprise you with how mellow of a stink she carries. Washed with beer from Cinderlands Beer Co. in Pittsburgh, the rind gives just enough robust meatiness while the inner paste offers a sweet and fruity flavor. A total winner in the summertime with some prosciutto and fresh peaches!

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat & cow’s milk aged 6 months

What’s the Type?

• semi-soft washed rind

Where in the world?

• Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

The paste is nutty and granular with a floral and structured backbone. The rind has a light milk wax which, when peeled away, reveals the light wash of the rind

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk aged 3 months

What’s the type?

• washed and hard

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

This cheese is super creamy and sticky, the washed curds of the cheese are so sweet and smooth with a grassy finish all underlined by the spicy notes from the peppers

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow’s milk

What’s the type?

• •    washed rind and lined with spicy peppers

Where in the world?

• High Lawn Farm in Lee, Massachusetts 

This cheese is named for the flowers of the Eastern Redbud tree. Boxcarr Handmade Cheese is run by siblings Samantha and Austin Genke. The paste is firm and nutty, while the rind gives a touch of smoke and bright, grippy zing.

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized cow & goat’s milk

What’s the type?

• hard

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina

The fluffy and lactic paste is mellowed out by the fig leaf making it incredibly bright, tart, and sweet- bordering on decadent.

 

Considering the milk…

•   pasteurized goat’s milk

What’s the type?

•    a fresh cheese with no age

Where in the world?

•    Capriole Dairy in Greenville, Indiana

These big, rich, and nutty wheels are absolutely stunning with their pale white paste and super dark rind. The cheese has major notes of umami and buttermilk with a robust and lingering finish.

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat & cow’s milk aged 6 months

What’s the Type?

• a hard cheese hand rubbed with espresso

Where in the world?

• Goat Rodeo Farm & Dairy in Allison Park, Pennsylvania

Made with the super rich raw milk from Holstein cows, this cheese is beautifully marbled with deep pockets of dark blue veins. It has a lovely and bright paste with a subtle and delicate palate and a creamy yellow paste.

 

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 2 months

What’s the Type?

• blue cheese

Where in the world?

• Lively Run Goat Dairy in Interlaken, New York

Right in the heart of the Oley Valley in South eastern Pennsylvania, Valley Milkhouse produces incredible cheeses in the tradiaiontal European styles sourcing their incredible grass fed organic milk from Berks County’s Kerith Brook Farm. The slightly firmer paste is crubly when cut but melts in your mouth with a smoky delicate finish and flavors of roasted fruits and toasted nuts.

 

Considering the milk…

• raw cow’s milk aged 2 months

What’s the type?

•  blue cheese

Where in the world?

• Valley Milkhouse in Oley, Pennsylvania

Intended to be aged for 9 months, consumer demand and limited space resulted in a 4-month aging. This cheese only gets better with age, as the flavors develop deeper complexity and sweetness. It is creamy, dense, and buttery, with a hint of mild sweetness

 

Considering the milk...

• pasteurized goat’s milk 

What’s the Type?

• blue cheese

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 2 year old gouda is bright and zippy with incredible texture and flavors of pineapple, toasted nuts, and sweet milk.

Considering the milk...

• raw cow’s milk aged 24 months

What’s the Type?

• gouda

Where in the world?

• Forx Farm in Anderson, South 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

Boxcarr Handmade Cheese is made up of family working alongside their amazing team.  Grandparents, great-grandparents, cousins, along with the Genke’s children, a part of their hardworking team. This beautiful cheese of theirs is bright and milky with the zip of chives and a fun fluffy rind

 

Considering the milk…

• pasteurized goat milk aged 2 – 4 weeks

What’s the type?

• bloomy with chives

Where in the world?

• Boxcarr Handmade Cheese in Cedar Grove, North Carolina