{"id":7395,"date":"2022-09-14T08:43:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T12:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=7395"},"modified":"2022-09-23T09:06:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:06:52","slug":"2022-maine-cheese-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/?p=7395","title":{"rendered":"2022 Maine Cheese Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year we had 22 creameries and over 116 cheese submitted. You can read about the judges at the end of the winners list.<\/h2>\n

FRESH CHEESE<\/h2>\n

1. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm ( Sidney) Ch\u00e8vre
\n2. York Hill Farm (Washington) \u2013 Dairy Duet
\n3. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) \u2013 Plain Ch\u00e8vre
\nHonorable Mention:
\nArkeo Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Plain Ch\u00e8vre<\/p>\n

FLAVORED FRESH CHEESE<\/h2>\n

1. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 (Appleton recipe) Chevre in Oil
\n2. Yellow Birch farm (Deer Isle) \u2013 Garlic & Herb Chevre
\n3. Yellow Birch farm (Deer Isle) \u2013 Honey Lemon Chevre
\nHonorable Mentions:
\nYork Hill Farm (Washington) \u2013 Garlic & Herb Dairy Duet<\/p>\n

FETA<\/h2>\n

1. Three Charm Farm (Alfred)
\n2. Copper Tail (Waldoboro)
\n3. Flying Goat Farm (New Gloucester) Plain Chevre
\nHonorable Mention:
\nDreamin Fahm Dairy and Creamery (Wilton)<\/p>\n

SOFT RIPENED CHEESE: Bloomy<\/h2>\n

1. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) – Out & About
\n2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 Waldo Smog
\n3. Springdale Farm (Waldo) \u2013 Triple Cr\u00e8me
\nHonorable Mention:
\nYork Hill Farm (Washington) \u2013 iNiZio<\/p>\n

WASHED RIND CHEESE<\/h2>\n

1. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Old Speck
\n2. Balfour Farm ( Pittsfield) \u2013 Cider Washed Gouda
\n3. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) \u2013 Mean Old Tomme
\nHonorable Mention:
\nFuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 Cyclone<\/p>\n

AGED NATURAL RIND CHEESE<\/h2>\n

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) \u2013 Pine Tree
\n2. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Sugarloaf Mountain
\n3. Silvery Moon Creamery (Westbrook) \u2013 Fore River Tomme
\nHonorable Mention:
\nCosmic Goat Farm & Creamery ( Litchfield)- Beltane<\/p>\n

CHEDDAR (Flavored & Aged)<\/h2>\n

1. Balfour Farm (Pittsfield) \u2013 Cotswald
\n2. Pineland Farms Dairy Co. (Bangor) \u2013 4-year Aged Cheddar
\n3. Pineland Farms Dairy Co. (Bangor) \u2013 3-year Aged Cheddar
\nHonorable Mention:
\nBalfour Farm (Pittsfield) \u2013 Smokey Ghost<\/p>\n

BLUE CHEESE<\/h2>\n

1. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) \u2013 Blue
\n2. Fuzzy Udder Creamery (Whitefield) \u2013 Polar Vortex
\n3. Spring Day Creamery (Durham) \u2013 Deja Blue
\nHonorable Mention:
\nLakin\u2019s Gorges Cheese (Waldoboro) \u2013 Cascadilla Bleu<\/p>\n

BEST IN SHOW: The highest score cheese by the top 5 judges.<\/h2>\n

Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm (Sidney) \u2013 Old Speck
\nOld Speck was made in limited production with cow\u2019s milk from Jean\u2019s neighbor at Woodside Farms. The rind is washed with Orono Brewing Co. Tubular IPA.<\/p>\n

The Judges<\/h2>\n

This year we had 22 creameries and over 116 cheese submitted. You can read about the contest rules and information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Judges Round 1 (116 Cheeses):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sarah Gelber, 207 Foodie
\nTravis Kern, Nibblesford
\nNikki, The Port Box Co
\nJess Robb, Fruit Bat Distribution
\nMarie Grasser, Charcutemarie
\nRon Dyer, Maine Cheese Guild
\nSolange Leavitt, Noisy Acres Farm<\/p>\n

Final Round Judges (40 Cheeses):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will Sissle, The Cheese Shop of Portland
\nAngie Bryan, Portland Press Herald
\nGillian Britt, Eat Drink Lucky
\nMichael Malyniwsky, Friends & Family
\nAndrew Gross, Maine Tasting Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This year we had 22 creameries and over 116 cheese submitted. You can read about the judges at the end of the winners list. FRESH CHEESE 1. Kennebec Cheesery at Koons Farm ( Sidney) Ch\u00e8vre 2. York Hill Farm (Washington) \u2013 Dairy Duet 3. ChiGoBee Farm (Pownal) \u2013 Plain Ch\u00e8vre Honorable Mention: Arkeo Farm (Sidney) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":917,"featured_media":4210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-events","8":"category-guild","9":"category-news","11":"post-with-thumbnail","12":"post-with-thumbnail-icon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=7395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainecheeseguild.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}