2021 Maine Cheese Award Winners

FRESH CHEESE

1. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) – Plain Chevre
2. Noisy Acres Farm (Buxton) – Plain Chevre
3. Flying Goat Farm (New Gloucester) Plain Chevre

Honorable Mention:
Pineland Farms (Bangor) - Cheddar Curds
Springdale Farm (Waldo) - Cream Cheese
Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm ( Sidney) Chevre

FLAVORED FRESH CHEESE

1. York Hill Farm (Washington) – Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) – (Appleton recipe) Chevre in Oil
3. Crooked Face Creamery (Skowhegan) – Garlic & Rosemary Ricotta

Honorable Mentions:
Abrahams Creamery (Newport) -Herbs De Provence
Sunflower Farm Creamery (Cumberland) - Marinated Chevre
Dreahmin Fahm Dairy and Creamery (Wilton) - Garlic and Basil Chevre

SOFT RIPENED CHEESE: Bloomy

1. Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline
2. Silvery Moon Creamery (Westbrook) - Camembert
3. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Out & About

Honorable Mentions:
Silvery Moon Creamery ( Westbrook) - Camembert with Fenugreek
Flying Goat Farm - (New Gloucester) - Grace
Lakins Gorges Cheese at East Forty Farm ( Waldoboro) - Rockweed

WASHED RIND CHEESE

1. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefiield) - Cyclone
2. Josh Pond Farm (Whiting) - Rocky Lake Raclette
3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) – Quaker Hill

Honorable Mention:
Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline

AGED NATURAL RIND CHEESE

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) – Torrin Tomme
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) – Windswept
3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) – Sugarloaf Mountain

Honorable Mention:
Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Haymaker Cheddar
Pineland Farms ( Bangor) - two vintages that more or less tied with each other Josh Pond Farm (Whitibng) Down East Tomme

BLUE CHEESE

1. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Fraffie
2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) - Polar Vortex
3. Spring Day Creanery (Durham) - Deja Blue

Honorable Mention:
Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Bradbury Mountain Blue

FLAVORED CHEESE

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) – Cotswold
2. Dreamin Fahm (Wilton) – Smoked Gouda
3. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Smokey Ghost

Honorable Mention:
Yellow Birch Farm (Deer Isle) - Lichen

BEST IN SHOW
York Hill Farm – (Washington) _ Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
(Penny & John Duncan – Founding members of the Maine Cheese Guild retired after 36 years and their legacy continues with new owners of York Hill to Yuki Goseki & Josh Fratoni
Runner up is Winter Hill (Freeport) - Tideline