{"id":7382,"date":"2022-08-10T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?page_id=7382"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:33:11","slug":"2021-maine-cheese-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?page_id=7382","title":{"rendered":"2021 Maine Cheese Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRESH CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) \u2013 Plain Chevre
\n2. Noisy Acres Farm (Buxton) \u2013 Plain Chevre
\n3. Flying Goat Farm (New Gloucester) Plain Chevre<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nPineland Farms (Bangor) - Cheddar Curds
\nSpringdale Farm (Waldo) - Cream Cheese
\nKennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm ( Sidney) Chevre<\/p>\n

FLAVORED FRESH CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. York Hill Farm (Washington) \u2013 Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
\n2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 (Appleton recipe) Chevre in Oil
\n3. Crooked Face Creamery (Skowhegan) \u2013 Garlic & Rosemary Ricotta<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions:<\/strong>
\nAbrahams Creamery (Newport) -Herbs De Provence
\nSunflower Farm Creamery (Cumberland) - Marinated Chevre
\nDreahmin Fahm Dairy and Creamery (Wilton) - Garlic and Basil Chevre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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SOFT RIPENED CHEESE: Bloomy<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Winter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline
\n2. Silvery Moon Creamery (Westbrook) - Camembert
\n3. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Out & About<\/p>\n

Honorable Mentions:<\/strong>
\nSilvery Moon Creamery ( Westbrook) - Camembert with Fenugreek
\nFlying Goat Farm - (New Gloucester) - Grace
\nLakins Gorges Cheese at East Forty Farm ( Waldoboro) - Rockweed<\/p>\n

WASHED RIND CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefiield) - Cyclone
\n2. Josh Pond Farm (Whiting) - Rocky Lake Raclette
\n3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Quaker Hill<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nWinter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Tideline<\/p>\n

AGED NATURAL RIND CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) \u2013 Torrin Tomme
\n2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 Windswept
\n3. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Sugarloaf Mountain<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nBalfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Haymaker Cheddar
\nPineland Farms ( Bangor) - two vintages that more or less tied with each other Josh Pond Farm (Whitibng) Down East Tomme<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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BLUE CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) - Fraffie
\n2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) - Polar Vortex
\n3. Spring Day Creanery (Durham) - Deja Blue<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nWinter Hill Farm (Freeport) - Bradbury Mountain Blue<\/p>\n

FLAVORED CHEESE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) \u2013 Cotswold
\n2. Dreamin Fahm (Wilton) \u2013 Smoked Gouda
\n3. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) - Smokey Ghost<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nYellow Birch Farm (Deer Isle) - Lichen<\/p>\n

BEST IN SHOW<\/strong>
\nYork Hill Farm \u2013 (Washington) _ Green Peppercorn and Nutmeg Roll
\n(Penny & John Duncan \u2013 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
\nRunner up is Winter Hill (Freeport) - Tideline<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FRESH CHEESE 1. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) \u2013 Plain Chevre 2. Noisy Acres Farm (Buxton) \u2013 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) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":917,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7382","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}