Cheesemakers Honored At 2016 NC State Fair Competition
October 19, 2016 | 1 min to read
The 2016 N.C. State Fair recently announced results from the annual cheese competition that took place Oct. 7 in Raleigh. Among the honorees were cheeses from two Western North Carolina creameries — Looking Glass Creamery of Fairview and English Farmstead Cheese of Marion.
Judges rated a total of 47 cheeses from eight creameries based on technical and aesthetic merits using the American Cheese Society’s point system. The scoring process deducts from a 100-point scale based on defects in qualities including aroma, flavor, texture and body, appearance and rind development. Entries receiving 93-100 points received first-place awards; scores of 86-92 points were awarded second place and 80-85 points earned third place.
Looking Glass Creamery, now in its eighth year of operation, earned first-place ribbons for its Ellington semisoft goat’s milk cheese and its Drovers Road cheddar. The creamery earned a second-place ribbon for its raw-milk, Alpine-style hard cheese, Bear Wallow. The awards put another feather in the cap of a growing company that has already garnered other awards, as well as national distribution with Williams-Sonoma.
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