swap_horiz Hegarty's Cheddar Alternatives

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Pleasant Ridge Reserve

Pleasant Ridge Reserve is an aged, hard cheese produced by Uplands Cheese Company in Wisconsin. It’s notable for being t...

Artisan Aged Wisconsin Cow Milk

9.2 Excellent

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Westcombe Cheddar

Westcombe Cheddar is a hard cheese crafted by Westcombe Dairy in Somerset, England. It utilizes unpasteurized cow’s milk...

Artisan Somerset Aged Cow Milk

9.1 Excellent

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Hafod Welsh Organic Cheddar

Hafod Welsh Organic Cheddar is a hard cheese produced by Bwlchwernen Fawr farm in Ceredigion. It utilizes cow milk from...

Organic Artisan Welsh Aged

8.8 Great

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Appenzeller

Appenzeller is a traditional Swiss hard cheese crafted from raw cow’s milk. It originates in the Appenzell region and is...

Swiss Artisan Aged Cow Milk

8.6 Great

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Quicke's Mature Cheddar

Quicke’s Mature Cheddar is an artisan hard cheese crafted by the Quicke family in Devon. The cheese utilizes cow's milk...

Artisan Aged Devonian Cow Milk

8.6 Great

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Coolea

Coolea is an artisan hard cheese originating from Coolea, County Cork, Ireland. Produced since the late 1970s by Dick Wi...

Artisan Aged Irish Cow Milk

8.1 Great

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Beehive Barely Buzzed

Beehive Barely Buzzed is an artisan hard cheese crafted by the Beehive Cheese Company in Utah. The cheese utilizes cow’s...

Utah Artisan Aged Cow Milk

8.1 Great

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Urner Bergkäse

Urner Bergkäse is a hard, artisanal cheese produced in the alpine region of Canton Uri, Switzerland. It is crafted from...

Swiss Mountain Artisan Aged

8.0 Great

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Cougar Gold

Cougar Gold is a hard cow's milk cheese produced by the Washington State University Creamery. Developed in the 1940s, it...

American Artisan Aged Canned

8.0 Great

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Provola dei Nebrodi

Provola dei Nebrodi is a traditional pasta filata cheese produced in the Nebrodi Mountains of northeastern Sicily from l...

Artisan Aged Sicilian Cow Milk

7.9 Good

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Grafton Village Cheddar

Grafton Village Cheddar is an American cow's milk cheddar produced by Grafton Village Cheese Company in Vermont, whose o...

Artisan Aged Sharp Vermont

7.9 Good

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Dry Jack (Vella Cheese Co.)

Dry Jack is an American hard cheese produced by the Vella Cheese Company, based in Sonoma, California. It was originally...

Artisan Aged Californian Cow Milk

7.8 Good

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Gabriel

Irish hard cheese from West Cork Natural Cheese made with unpasteurized cow's milk, aged over 12 months, and inspired by...

Artisan Aged Irish Cow Milk

7.6 Good

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Beehive Promontory

Beehive Promontory is an aged cow's milk cheese produced by Beehive Cheese Company in Uintah, Utah. The cheese develops...

Utah Artisan Aged Firm

7.6 Good

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Point Reyes Toma

Point Reyes Toma is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese produced by Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company in Marin County, Cali...

Artisan Aged Californian Firm

7.5 Good

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Branzi

Branzi is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese originating from the Brembana Valley in the Lombardy region of Italy. It is name...

Alpine Artisan Aged Cow Milk

7.2 Good

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Queijo Ilha Graciosa

Queijo Ilha Graciosa is a traditional, semi-hard cheese manufactured exclusively on Graciosa, an island in Portugal's Az...

Artisan Aged Firm Cow Milk

7.2 Good

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Abbaye de Timadeuc

Abbaye de Timadeuc is a cow's milk cheese produced by Cistercian monks at the Abbaye Notre-Dame de Timadeuc in the Morbi...

Artisan Aged Monastery Breton

7.2 Good

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Formadi Frant

Formadi Frant is a traditional Friulian cheese made by crumbling and blending various aged cheeses with salt, pepper, gr...

Artisan Aged Cow Milk Mixed Curds

7.1 Good

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Tilsit

Tilsit, or Tilsiter, is a semihard, smear-ripened cheese named after the former East Prussian city of Tilsit, now Sovets...

German Traditional Aged Cow Milk

7.0 Good