While almost everyone comes to the festival for the beer, the American Cheese Society’s (ACS) booth is a must-try for anyone craving a quick snack. With a selection that would knock the socks off even Wallace and Gromit, the ACS is sure to have something you’ll enjoy, whether it’s a creamy chevre or a sharp cheddar. If you’ve made it to one of the last two GABFs, you’ve seen how popular their booth can be. So how much cheese is really needed to feed hordes of hungry beer lovers? The ACS serves 650 pounds of cheese at the festival. The cows have a lot of work to do to produce the 520 gallons of milk required to make that supply, especially considering that the average cow produces only eight gallons of milk per day. Fortunately, we’re up to the task as the U.S. is the world’s top cheese producer in the world, churning out 2 billion pounds of cheese annually, with help from about 9 million dairy cows. So grab a toothpick and dig in! You don’t have to be a British claymation character to savor the flavor of cheese and its best pairing—beer!
2012 Creamery Lineup
- The Artisan Cheese Exchange, Wisconsin
- Avalanche Cheese Company, Colorado
- Baetje Farms, Missiouri
- Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, New York & Washington
- Beehive Cheese Company, Utah
- Beemster Cheese, New Jersey/The Netherlands
- Belgioioso Cheese Inc., Wisconsin
- Bonnie Blue Farm, Tennessee
- Cabot Creamery, Vermont
- Calyroad Creamery, Georgia
- Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese, Ohio
- Carr Valley Cheese Co., Wisconsin
- Caves of Faribault, Minnesota
- Cellars at Jasper Hill, Vermont
- Cowgirl Creamery, California
- Cracker Barrel, Wisconsin
- Crowley Cheese, Vermont
- Cypress Grove Chevre, California
- Emmi Roth USA, Wisconsin
- Fiscalini Farmstead Cheese, California
- Grafton Village Cheese, Vermont
- Harmony Specialty Dairy, Wisconsin
- Haystack Mountain Goat Cheese, Colorado
- Holland’s Family Cheese, Wisconsin
- LaClare Farm Specialties, Wisconsin
- Lark’s Meadow Farms, Idaho
- Laura Chenel’s Chèvre, California
- Lovera’s Market, Oklahoma
- Montchevre, California
- Mouco Cheese Company, Colorado
- Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company, California
- Rogue Creamery, Oregon
- Sartori Cheese, Wisconsin
- Shepherds Way Farms, Minnesota
- Springside Cheese, Wisconsin
- Sprout Creek Farm, New York
- Stickney Hill Dairy, Minnesota
- Swiss Valley Farms, Iowa
- Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery, Vermont
- Vintage Cheese of Montana, Montana