While creating the spreadsheet of “cheeses to know” for 2014 ACS CCP training classes, I decided to incorporate the cheeses currently listed on my Vegetarian-Suitable and Raw Milk Cheese lists (which will also be updated to this new format).
Please note: Some of these cheeses, while not especially considered “Specialty Cheeses”, are included to offer more possibilities for our Vegetarian fans.
Some of these cheeses are new to me, especially from the raw milk and vegetarian-suitable lists which gives us new cheeses to explore together.
| Cheese | Milk Type | Rennet | Pasteurized or Raw | Country of Origin |
| Abbaye de Tamie | Cow | Animal | Raw | France |
| Abbaye du Belloc | Sheep | Animal | Past | France |
| Allgauer Emmentaler | Cow | Animal | Raw | Germany |
| Applewood Smoked (Ilcester) | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Ardrahan | Cow | Vegetarian | Past | Ireland |
| Asiago (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Autor | Goat | Vegetable | Raw | Spain |
| Azeitao | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Portugal |
| Beecher’s Handamde Cheeses** | Various | Microbial | Both | USA |
| Beehive Cheeses | Microbial | USA | ||
| Beemster XO | Cow | Animal | Past | Holland |
| Beer Cheese (Ilcester) | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Big Boy Blue (Willapa Hills)** | Cow | Animal | Past | USA |
| Black Mountain | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Bleu (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Bleu (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Bleu de Basque | Sheep | Animal | Past | France |
| Bleubry | Cow | Past | Canada | |
| Blu del Moncenisio | Cow | Animal | Raw | Italy |
| Blue Heaven (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Boerenkaas (WVCC) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Brinz | Sheep | Raw | Romania | |
| ButterKase (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Cacio Fiore | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Italy |
| Cacio Pecora (Fruition Farms) | Sheep | USA | ||
| Caerphilly (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Caerphilly (Somerdale) | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Cahill’s Irish Porter Cheddar | Cow | Microbial | Past | Ireland |
| Cahill’s Whiskey Cheese | Cow | Vegetarian | Past | Ireland |
| Campo de Montalban | Cow, Goat, Sheep | Animal | Past | Spain |
| Capri (Westfield Farm)** | Goat | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Caprino Romano (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Cardo | Goat | Vegetable | Raw | England |
| Carmody Reserve (Bellwether Farms) | Cow | Vegetable | Raw | USA |
| Castelo Branco | Sheep | Vegetarian | Raw | Portugal |
| Caveman (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Cheddar | All | Both | Both | Various |
| Cheddar (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Cheddar (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Both | USA |
| Cheddar (McCadam) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Cheddar (Tillamook) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Cheddar Aged (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Both | USA |
| Chevre (Gothberg Farms) | Goat | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Chevre (Laura Chenel) | Goat | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Colby (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Colby Jack (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Colby Jack (Tillamook) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Cookville Grana (Blythedale Farms) | Cow | Vegetarian | Raw | USA |
| Coolea | Cow | Animal | Past | Ireland |
| Cooleeney Irish Brie | Cow | Microbial | Past | Ireland |
| Coopertown Cheese Company | Raw | USA | ||
| Crater Lake (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Crowley Cheese | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Crozier Blue | Sheep | Vegetarian | Past | Ireland |
| Cynthian (Fairview Farm) | Goat | Animal | Past | USA |
| Cypress Grove | Various | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Dinah (Kurtwood Farms) | Cow | Animal | Past | USA |
| Double Gloucester (Somerdale) | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Echo Mountain (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow and Goat | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Evalon (LaClare Farms) | Goat | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Ewephoria | Sheep | Vegetarian | Past | Holland |
| Farmstead Cheddar (Greens of Glastonbury) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | England |
| Farmstead Gouda (WVCC) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Feta (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese Company** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Flagship (Raw version)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Flagship Reserve (Raw version)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Fol Epi | Cow | Vegetarian | Past | France |
| Fresh Mozz (BelGioiooso) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Fresh Mozz (Mozzarella Fresca) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Full Moon (Beehive Cheese) | Cow | Vegetable | Raw | USA |
| Gabietou | Cow & Sheep | Animal | Raw | France |
| Gailtaler Almkase | Cow | Animal | Raw | Austria |
| Goat Gouda (CaBlanca) | Goat | Microbial | Holland | |
| Golden Glen Creamery | Cow | Microbial | USA | |
| Gorgonzola (Black River) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Gorgonzola (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Gorwydd Caerphilly (Todd Trethowan) | Cow | Animal | Raw | England |
| Gouda (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Gouda (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | USA | ||
| Gouda Aged (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Both | USA |
| Grafton 2-year extra sharp Cheddar | Cow | Both | Raw | USA |
| Gruyere (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Gruyere (Gothberg Farms) | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Gruyere de Savoie | Cow | Animal | Raw | France |
| Hannah (Ancient Heritage) | Cow and Sheep | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Havarti (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Hudson Flower (Murray’s and Old Chatham Shepherding Company)** | Sheep | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Hudson Red | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Huntsman | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Ilbesa’s Aged Sheep Milk Cheese | Sheep | Raw | Spain | |
| Ilbesa’s Mature Sheep Milk Cheese | Sheep | Raw | Spain | |
| Jack (Tillamook) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Jeffs’ Select Gouda | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Jersey Blue (Blythedale Farms) | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Jersey Blue (Willi Schmid) | Cow | Vegetable | Raw | Switzerland |
| Kickapoo (Ludwig Farmstead Cheese) | Cow | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Killeen Cow’s Cheese | Cow | Animal | Past | Ireland |
| La Luna (Blue Ledge Farm) | Goat | Raw | USA | |
| Le Cendrillon | Goat | Canada | ||
| Lighter Cheddar (Tuxford and Tebbett) | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Maple Leaf Coop | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Mascarpone (BelGioioso) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Mascarpone (Mozzarella Fresca) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Mature Cheddar (Isle of Man) | Cow | Microbial | England | |
| Middlebury Blue (Blue Ledge Farm) | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Mild Cheddar (Alta Dena) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Monterey Jack (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Monterey Jack (McCadam) | Cow | Microbial | USA | |
| Moonglo (Prairie Fruits Farm) | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Mountina (Vintage Cheese of Montana) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Mountina Mocha (Vintage Cheese of Montana) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Mozzarella (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Muenster (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Muenster (McCadam) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Naked Goat | Goat | Raw | Spain | |
| Nisa | Sheep | Vegetarian | Raw | Portugal |
| Oregon Blue (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Oregonzola (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Parmesan (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Parmesan (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Parveggiano (BelGioioso) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Paski Sir** | Sheep | Microbial | Raw | Croatia |
| Pastures (Saxon Homestead) | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Pawlet (Consider Bardwell) | Goat | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Pepato (Bellwether Farms) | Sheep | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Pepper Jack (McCadam) | Cow | Microbial | USA | |
| Pepper Jack (Tillamook) | Cow | Microbial | USA | |
| Queso Blanco (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Cider Vinegar | Past | USA |
| Quicke’s Clothbound Cheddar** | Cow | Raw | England | |
| Quicke’s Traditional Mature Cheddar** | Cow | Both | Past | England |
| Red Dragon | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Red Leicester (Sparkenhoe) | Cow | Animal | Raw | England |
| Red Meck (Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Ricotta (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Cider Vinegar | Past | USA |
| Ricotta (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Riley’s Coat (Blue Ledge Farm) | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Romano (Stella) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Rupert (Consider Bardwell) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| San Andreas (Bellwether Farms) | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | USA |
| San Joaquin Gold (Fiscalini)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Sao Jorge | Cow | Animal | Raw | Portugal |
| Sartori Cheeses | Various | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Schuyler Gouda (Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Serpa | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Portugal |
| Sharp Cheddar (Rogue Creamery) | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Shelburne Farms | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Smoky Blue (Rogue Creamery)** | Cow | Microbial | Raw | USA |
| Sterling Reserve (Mt. Sterling Cheese Co-op) | Goat | Chymosin | Raw | USA |
| Swiss (Boar’s Head) | Cow | Microbial | Past | N Amer |
| Swiss (Tillamook) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Tarentasie (Thistle Hill) | Cow | Animal | Raw | USA |
| The Woman of LaMancha (Gothberg Farms)** | Goat | Animal | Raw | USA |
| Tintern | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Tomme Chevre Aydius | Goat | Raw | France | |
| Tomme de Levezou | Sheep | Raw | France | |
| Tomme Vaudoise | Cow | Animal | Raw | Switzerland |
| Torta de Barros | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Spain |
| Torta de Los Pedroches | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Spain |
| Vermont White Cheddar (Hoffman) | Cow | Raw | USA | |
| Villajos Artisan Manchego | Sheep | Animal | Raw | Spain |
| Wensleydale with fruit | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| White Stilton with Fruit | Cow | Microbial | Past | England |
| Whole Milk Ricotta (Mozzarella Fresca) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Yogurt Cheese (Cultured Way) | Cow | Microbial | Past | USA |
| Zimbro | Sheep | Vegetable | Raw | Portugal |
** Indicates we have an interview with the Cheesemaker here on the website. The entire list of interviews can be accessed by clicking here.
Many European cheeses are made with raw milk for their own market and with pasteurized milk for the USA market, due to FDA regulations regarding raw milk cheeses.
Links to my other cheese databases: 281 cheeses you should know; 178 vegetarian suitable cheeses and 249 raw milk cheeses. For reviews, click on the “Cheese Index” tab above this post.
My thanks to the following websites which I used for research: Culture Magazine, Janet Fletcher’s “Cheese Course”, Cowgirl Creamery,Cheese.com, Agraria.org, Murray’s Cheese , the numerous websites of producers and cheesemakers and World Cheese Book by Juliet Harbutt (which you can buy by clicking on the amazon.com icon below.
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