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2018 Cheese Competition Results

Best in Show: Reading, Spring Brook Farm, Vermont

Reserve Best in Show: Tarentaise, Spring Brook Farm, Vermont

Class 1 Cheddar - Aged up to 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Cheddar	Pineland Farms
Gold	Cabot Clothbound	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Cabot Sharp Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Cabot Founders Lamberton	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Cheddar Bites	Maplebrook Farm
Silver	Mild Raw Milk Cheddar	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Silver	Sweet Cheddar	Billings Farm
Silver	Cabot White Oak	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Clothbound Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver	Queen of Quality Clothbound Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Cabot Extra Sharp	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Mill Valley Milk Cheddar	Mill Valley Milk
Bronze	Plymouth Original	Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 2 Cheddar - Over 12 months

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Governor's Cheddar	Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Gold	Tapping Reeve Cheese	Arethusa Farm Dairy
Gold	Cabot Centennial Cheddar	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Cabot Clothbound Black Label	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Woodstock Reserve	Billings Farm
Silver	Cabot Old School	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Cabot Vintage Choice	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Cabot Private Stock	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Cabot Seriously Sharp	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	2 Year Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Sharp Cheddar	Pineland Farms
Bronze	Cabot Legacy Farmhouse	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Butter Cheddar	Billings Farm
Bronze	1 Year Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company

Class 3 - Colby, Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Cabot Monterey Jack	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Pleasant Cow	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Bronze	Monterey Jack	Pineland Farms
Bronze	Monterey Jack	Neighborly Farms of Vermont

Class 5 - Italian Style Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Mascarpone	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Hand Dipped Whole Milk Ricotta	Maplebrook Creamery
Bronze	Maplebrook Farm 12 oz Mozzarella	Maplebrook Creamery
Bronze	Whole Milk Ricotta Alta	Maplebrook Creamery
Bronze	Melville	The Mystic Cheese Company

Class 6 - Blue Veined Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Jasper Hill Hazen Blue	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Arethusa Blue	Arethusa Farm Dairy

Class 7 - Flavored Soft Spreads

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Roasted Red Pepper Spreadable Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Horseradish Gouda Spread	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Silver	Basil Herb & Garlic	Hancock Farm
Silver	White Truffle Adelisca	Couet Farm & Fromagerie
Silver	Portune	Fairy Tale Farm
Bronze	Olive & Herb Spreadable Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Bronze	Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Gouda Spread	Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 8 - Flavored Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Jasper Hill Hartwell	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Sundried Tomato, Basil & Garlic Chevre	Sweet Pea Cheese

Class 9 - Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Cabot Pepperjack	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Tuscan Herbed Curd	Silvery Moon Creamery

Class 10 - Flavored Hard Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Sage & Herbs	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Plymouth Hot Pepper	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Garlic Peppercorn	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Green Onion Cheddar	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Bronze	Black Truffle	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Sage Cheddar	Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Bronze	Truffle Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Chili Pepper Cheddar	Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 11 - Wash Rind/Smear Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Reading	Spring Brook Farm Cheese
Silver	Jasper Hill Willoughby	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Ashbrook	Spring Brook Farm Cheese
Bronze	Arethusa Diva	Arethusa Farm Dairy
Bronze	Von Tropp Farmstead Oma	Cellars at Jasper Hill

Class 12 - Soft Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Fresh Crottin	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Classic Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Classic Crumbled Goat Cheese	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Quark	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Ballyhoo Brie	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Goat Milk Ricotta	Olympia Farm
Bronze	Fromage Blanc	Vermont Creamery

Class 14 - Smoked Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Plymouth Smoked Cheese	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Silver	Maple Smoked Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Smoked Butter Cheddar (Limited Edition)	Billings Farm
Bronze	Farmstead Gouda	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Maplebrook Farm Smoked Scamorza	Maplebrook Farm
Bronze	Contoocook Creamery Maplewood Smoked Cheddar	Contoocook Creamery
Bronze	Smoked Havarti	Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze	Smoked Cheddar	Pineland Farms
Bronze	Smoked Chili Cheddar	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze	Maplebrook Farm Smoked Feta	Maplebrook Farm

Class 15 - Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Silver	Whole Milk Block Feta in Brine	Maplebrook Farm
Silver	Sheep Feta	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Bronze	Feta	Vermont Creamery

Class 16 - Flavored Feta

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Festa Pesto	Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm

Class 17 - Alpine Style

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Tarentaise	Spring Brook Farm Cheese
Silver	Jasper Hill Alpha Tolman	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Bear Hill	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver	Cabot Orne Meadows	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze	Rupert	Consider Bardwell Farm

Class 18 - Mold Ripened Cheese

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Coupole	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Cremont	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Jasper Hill Little Hosmer	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Jasper Hill Harbison	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	St. Albans	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Bijou	Vermont Creamery
Silver	Ruggles Hill Creamery Aly's Eclipse	Ruggles Hill
Silver	Jasper Hill Moses Sleeper	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver	Ruggles Hill Creamery Claire's Mandell Hill	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Melinda Mae	The Mystic Cheese Company
Bronze	Camambert	Arethusa Farm Dairy
Bronze	Mt. Alice	Von Trapp Farmstead
Bronze	Karlie's Gratitude	Arethusa Farm Dairy
Bronze	Ruggles Hill Creamery Greta's Fair Haven	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Ruggles hill Creamery Ellie's Cloudy Down	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Camem-mere	Mayval Farm

Class 19 - Open Class for All Other Cheeses

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Shepsog	Grafton Village Cheese Company
Gold	Ruggles Hill Creamery Hanna's Awashed	Ruggles Hill
Gold	Creme Fraiche	Vermont Creamery
Gold	Europa	Arethusa Farm Dairy
Gold	Manchester	Consider Bardwell Farm
Silver	Eleven Brothers	Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze	Ruggles Hill Creamery Ode to Joy	Ruggles Hill
Bronze	Landaff Creamery Landaff	Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze	Karolina	Couet Farm & Fromagerie
Bronze	Evelina	Couet Farm & Fromagerie
Bronze	Grace's Choice	Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze	Thomas Farm Cheese Curds	Thomas Farm
Bronze	Arpeggio	Robinson Farm

Class 20 - Yogurt

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Gold	Ewegurt	Fairy Tale Farm
Gold	Cabot Greek Yogurt	Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver	Greek Style Goat Yogurt	Sweet Pea Cheese
Bronze	Maple Skyr	Mayval Farm
Bronze	Cabot 2% Greek Yogurt	Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Class 20 - Fermented Yogurt Drinks

Award	Fancy Name	Creamery
Bronze	Maple Kefir	Mayval Farm
Bronze	Kefir	Mayval Farm