The 20 finalists have been named in the glorious UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP CHEESE CONTEST! Thirteen of them are from Wisconsin, neatly demonstrating that Wisconsin still exists.
I don't think of flavoured gouda as actual cheese.
Via WEAU.com:2017 United States Championship Cheese Contest 20 Finalists
Class: Cheddar, Medium (3 to 6 months) Team Meister 3, Meister Cheese, Muscoda, WI, Medium Cheddar
Class: Cheddar, Aged One to Two Years Terry Lensmire, Agropur, Weyauwega, WI, Cheddar Cheese, Cut from 640
Class: Cheddar, Aged Two Years or Longer Daniel Stearns, Agropur, Weyauwega, WI, Cheddar Cheese, Cut from 640
Class: Bandaged Cheddar, Mild to Medium Saxon Cheese LLC, Saxon Cheese LLC, Cleveland, WI, Old English Style Cheddar, Aged 5 Months
Class: Bandaged Cheddar, Sharp to Aged Wayne Hintz, Red Barn Family Farms, Appleton, WI, Bandaged Cheddar, Sharp to Aged
Class: Baby Swiss Style Casey Petak, Rothenbuhler Cheesemakers, Middlefield, OH, Baby Swiss cheese
Class: Blue Veined Cheeses Imperia Foods Montfort WI Team, Schuman Cheese, Fairfield, NJ, Montforte Bleu Wheel
Class: Brie & Camembert Jasper Hill, Cellars at Jasper Hill, Greensboro Bend, VT, Moses Sleeper
Class: Edam & Gouda Marieke Gouda Team, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, WI, Marieke Gouda Belegen
Class: Gouda, Aged Marieke Gouda Team, Marieke Gouda, Thorp, WI, Marieke Gouda Aged
Class: Gouda, Flavored Gonzales Christopher, Glanbia Nutritionals, Twin Falls, ID, Gouda/Green Olives & Pimento
Class: Smoked Gouda Saxon Creamery Team, Saxon Cheese LLC, Cleveland, WI, Smoked Gouda Aged 7 Months
Class: Open Class: Flavored Semi-soft (semi-hard) Cheeses Lake Country Dairy Team, Schuman Cheese, Fairfield, NJ, Yellow Door Creamery Harissa Rubbed Fontal Cheese
Class: Open Class: Flavored Hard Cheeses Mike Matucheski, Sartori Company, Antigo, WI, Sartori Reserve Black Pepper BellaVitano
Class: Open Class: Smoked Soft and Semi-soft Cheeses Zimmerman Cheese Team 2, Zimmerman Cheese, South Wayne, WI, Smoked Brick
Class: Reduced Fat Soft & Semi-soft Cheeses John (Randy) Pitman, Mill Creek Cheese, Arena, WI, Reduced Fat Muenster
Class: Cold Pack Cheese, Cheese Food Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Widmer's Cheese Cellars, Theresa, WI, Traditional Washed Rind Aged Brick Spread
Class: Surface (Mold) Ripened Goat's Milk Cheeses Cypress Grove, Cypress Grove, Arcata, CA, Fresh Goat Cheese
Class: Hard Goat’s Milk Cheeses Team Montchevre, Montchevre-Betin, Inc., Belmont, WI, Trivium
Class: Hard Mixed Milk Cheeses Mike Matucheski, Sartori Company, Antigo, WI, Sartori Tre Donnes
