2016 Cheese Competition Results
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2016 Cheese Competition Results

Best in Show: Mad River Blue, Raw Milk Organic Natural Rind Blue, Von Trapp Farmstead, Waitsfield, Vermont

Reserve Best in Show:
Shepsog, Mixed Cow and Sheep Milk Cheese, Grafton Village Cheese, Brattleboro, Vermont

Class 1 Cheddar - Aged up to 12 months
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Cabot Clothbound Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver Cabot Extra-Sharp Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Silver Cabot Seriously-Sharp Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze Sweet Cheddar Billings Farm
Bronze Cabot White Oak Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze Vermont Clothbound Cheddar Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze Smith's Farmstead Sharp Cheddar Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Class 2 Cheddar - Over 12 months

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Bronze Woodstock Reserve Cheddar Billings Farm
Bronze 2 Year Aged Cheddar Grafton Village Cheese Company

Class 3 - Colby, Monterey Jack, Brick, Muenster

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Colby Neighborly Farms of Vermont
Silver Lake St Colby Bridport Creamery
Bronze Londonderry West River Creamery
Bronze Butter Cheddar Billings Farm

Class 4 - Swiss Styles

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Smith's Farmstead Gouda Aged Gouda Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze Farmstead Gouda Shadagee Farm

Class 5 - Italian Style Cheeses

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Foxboro Cheese Company
Gold Mascarpone Vermont Creamery
Silver Caciocavallo Calabro Cheese Corporation
Bronze Burrata Maplebrook Farm
Bronze Ciliegine Maplebrook Farm

Class 6 - Blue Veined Cheeses

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Mad River Blue Von Trapp Farmstead
Gold Bayley Hazen Blue Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze Big Blue Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 7 - Flavored Soft Spreads
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Adelisca Couet Farm & Fromagerie
Silver Olive & Herb Spreadable Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Bronze Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Onion and Chive Spread

Smith's Country Cheese Inc

Bronze Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Horseradish Spread Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze Fresh Farmer's Cheese with Herb and Garlic Hancock Farm

Class 8 - Flavored Soft Cheese
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Fresh Cheese Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm
Gold Apricot & Thyme Crumbled Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Gold Garlic & Dill Goat Cheese Thomas Farm
Gold Chive Goat Cheese Thomas Farm
Silver Herb Fresh Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Silver Three Pepper Chevre Sweet Pea Cheese
Bronze Tomato & Basil Crumbled Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Bronze Cranberry & Tarragon Crumbled Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Bronze Dill Goat Cheese Thomas Farm
Bronze Fran de Maquis Couet Farm & Frinagerie
Bronze Orange, Cranberry & Cinnamon Fresh Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery

Class 9 - Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Claire's Mandell Hill Ruggles Hill
Silver Chipotle Pepper Queso Blanco University of Connecticut
Silver Green Chile Queso Blanco University of Connecticut
Silver Pepper Reading Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver Garlic, Oregano and Olive Oil Cheese Curd Sweet Pea Cheese
Bronze Jalapeno Jack Neighborly Farms of Vermont

Class 10 - Flavored Hard Cheese
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Cheddy Topper Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze Cabot Everything Bagel Encrusted Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze Sea Dog Blueberry Alehouse Cheddar Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze Pumpkinhead Alehouse Cheddar Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze Jalapeno Flavored Cheddar Contoocook Creamery
Bronze Smith's Farmstead Gouda with Salsa Smith's Country Cheese Inc
Bronze Sage & Herb Plymouth Artisan Cheese

Class 11 - Wash Rind/Smear Ripened Cheese

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Silver Reading Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver Grace's Choice Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Silver Bear Hill Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver Eleven Brothers Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze Arpeggio Robinson Farm
Bronze Willoughby Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze Inspiration Mt Mansfield Creamery
Bronze Von Trapp Farmstead Oma Cellars at Jasper Hill
Bronze Ashbrook Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm

Class 12 - Soft Cheese
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Classic Crumbled Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Gold Hand Dipped Ricotta Calabro Cheese Cooperation
Gold Chevre Vermont Creamery
Silver Quark Vermont Creamery
Bronze Fromage Blanc Vermont Creamery
Bronze Plain Goat Cheese Thomas Farm
Bronze Fresh Crottin Vermont Creamery

Class 13 - Soft Spreads

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Bronze Classic Spreadable Goat Cheese Vermont Creamery
Bronze Fresh Farmer's Cheese Hancock Farm

Class 14 - Smoked Cheese
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Silver Smoked Cheddar Shelburne Farms
Bronze Smoked Cheese Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze Smoked Chili Cheddar Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze Smoked Mozzarella Maplebrook Farm
Bronze Smoked Feta Maplebrook Farm
Bronze Maple Smoked Cheddar Grafton Village Cheese Company
Bronze Smoked Cambridge West River Creamery

Class 15 - Feta
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Goat Milk Feta Flying Goat Farm
Silver Feta Vermont Creamery
Bronze Whole Milk Feta Maplebrook Farm

Class 16 - Flavored Feta

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Bronze Sal-Lee Hickory Nut Farm

Class 17 - Alpine Style
Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Tarentaise Reserve Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Gold Tarentaise Farms for City Kids/Spring Brook Farm
Silver Gisele Boston Post Dairy LLC
Silver Alpha Tolman Cellars at Jasper Hill
Silver Cabot Alpine Cheddar Cabot Creamery Cooperative
Bronze Lacey White Hickory Nut Farm
Bronze Savage Von Trapp Farmstead

Class 18 - Mold Ripened Cheese

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Harbsion Cellars at Jasper Hill
Gold Coupole Vermont Creamery
Gold Cremont Vermont Creamery
Gold Moses Sleeper Cellars at Jasper Hill
Gold Bijon Vermont Creamery
Silver Bonne Bonche Vermont Creamery
Silver Ellie's Cloudy Down Ruggles Hill
Bronze Mt Alice Von Trapp Farmstead
Bronze White Diamond Boston Post Dairy LLC
Bronze Ada's Honor Ruggles Hill
Bronze Lille` Coulommiers Vermont Farmstead Cheese
Bronze Camenbert Appleton Creamery
Bronze Brother's Walk Ruggles Hill
Bronze Greta's Fair Haven Ruggles Hill
Bronze Aged Chevre with Bloomy Rind Flying Goat Farm
Bronze Scholten Family Farm Weybridge Cellars at Jasper Hill


Class 19 - Open Class for All Other Cheeses

Award Fancy Name Creamery
Gold Shepsog Grafton Village Cheese Company
Silver Plymouth Curds Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Bronze Queso Blanco University of Connecticut
Bronze Chevre with Basil and Pine Nuts Appleton Creamery
Bronze Farmstead Sankow's Beaver Brook Farm


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