We are tremendously excited to share with you the list of raw milk cheeses awarded top honors during the American Cheese Society’s annual competition.
Our biggest congratulations go to Roelli Cheese Company [1] in Wisconsin for winning Best in Show with Little Mountain. The man behind Little Mountain, Chris Roelli, is a fourth-generation cheesemaker and was recently recognized as a Master Cheesemaker in Cheddar. Little Mountain is a washed rind, alpine-style cheese inspired by Appenzeller. Made using raw milk and aged for 6 months, it has a smooth and nutty flavor.
We also congratulate Bleating Heart Cheese [2] from California for taking second place in the overall competition with Buff Blue. This is a unique raw milk cheese with subtle notes of water buffalo milk and an even marbling from the blue mold.
There were many more award-winning raw milk cheeses made in the US and recognized this year at the ACS Competition. Have a look at our list, sorted by state.
Baserri by Barinaga Ranch [3]
Fat Bottom Girl, Funky Bleats, and Shepherdista by Bleating Heart Cheese [2]
Bandage Wrap Cheddar aged for 12 months by Fiscalini Cheese Co. [4]
Caprae Raw Milk Goat Cheddar by Sierra Nevada Cheese Company [5]
Midnight Blue by Avalanche Cheese Company [6]
Queso De Mano and Sunlight by Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy [7]
Peekville Tomme by Many Fold Farm [8]
Brie, Clearwater Select, Mountain Maple Brie, and Orchard Blue by Brush Creek Creamery [9]
Briana with Truffles by Jacobs and Brichford Farmstead Cheese [10]
Tempest by Fuzzy Udder Creamery [11]
Great Hill Blue Cheese by Great Hill Dairy, Inc. [12]
Flory’s Truckle by Homestead Creamery [13]
Rawstruck by Coach Farm [14]
Alpage by Chaseholm Farm Creamery [15]
Hannah by Ancient Heritage Dairy [16]
Vintage White Extra Sharp 4 Year Reserve Cheddar and White Sharp Cheddar by Tillamook County Creamery Association [17]
Dancing Fern and Shakerag Blue by Sequatchie Cove Creamery [18]
Winnimere by Cellars at Jasper Hill [19]
Danby, Manchester, and Rupert by Consider Bardwell Farm [20]
Tomte by Fairy Tale Farm [21]
Reading and Tarentaise by Farms For City Kids Foundation/Spring Brook Farm [22]
Kashar by Parish Hill Creamery [23]
Farmhouse 2 Year Extra Sharp Cheddar and Farmhouse Smoked Cheddar by Shelburne Farms [24]
Mad River Blue by von Trapp Farmstead [25]
Marieke Gouda Honey Clover, Jalapeno, and Truggle by Marieke Gouda [26]
Sterling Reserve by Mt. Sterling Cheese Co-op [27]
The competition was an excellent opportunity to highlight all traditional cheesemaking and ageing practices. Many of the cheeses made by our supporters won awards in their respective categories. You can find more about them on the Oldways Cheese Coalition website [28], and make sure to sign up for our Cheesematters Quarterly Newsletter here [29].
Carlos Yescas, Oldways Cheese Coalition program director
Links
[1] https://www.roellicheese.com
[2] https://www.bleatingheart.com/
[3] http://www.barinagaranch.com/
[4] http://www.fiscalinicheese.com/
[5] http://www.sierranevadacheese.com/
[6] http://www.avalanchecheese.com/
[7] http://www.haystackgoatcheese.com/
[8] http://manyfoldfarm.com/
[9] http://www.brushcreekcreamery.com/
[10] http://www.jandbcheese.com/
[11] http://www.fuzzyudder.com/
[12] http://www.greathillblue.com/
[13] http://jamesportmissouri.org/jca_033.htm
[14] http://www.coachfarm.com/
[15] http://www.cfcreamery.com/
[16] http://www.ancientheritagedairy.com/
[17] https://www.tillamook.com/
[18] http://www.sequatchiecovefarm.com/
[19] http://www.jasperhillfarm.com/
[20] http://www.considerbardwellfarm.com/
[21] http://www.fairytalefarm.net/
[22] http://www.farmsforcitykids.org/about-our-cheese/
[23] http://www.parishhillcreamery.com/
[24] http://www.shelburnefarms.org/
[25] http://www.vontrappfarmstead.com/
[26] http://www.mariekegouda.com/
[27] http://www.buymtsterlinggoatcheese.com/
[28] http://www.oldwayscheese.org/
[29] http://www.oldwayscheese.org/newsletter/