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Alp and Dell Cheese Store - Roth Kase Factory
657 - 2nd St.
Monroe, WI 53566 Map It!
608.328.3355
http://www.rothkase.com/
BUY IT HERE: Visit the factory store at the location above, or online at their website.
PRODUCTS: Specialties include Gruyere, Blue, Havarti, Gran Queso, Rofumo, Fontina, and Fontaigo. The store also carries a huge variety of other cheeses, including those locally made at other factories in Green County.
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Braun Suisse Kase
554 - 1st St.
New Glarus, WI 53574 Map It!
608.527.2000
Contact: Barb Kummerfeldt
http://www.mapleleafcheeseandchocolatehaus.com
BUY IT HERE: Visit the location above.
PRODUCER PROFILE: Barb's father was an ice cream maker who used to travel up to Wisconsin from Illinois to pick up Brown Swiss cow milk for use in his recipes.
PRODUCTS: Cheese made exclusively from the milk of local Brown Swiss cows: Brick and Aged Brick, Cheddar and Aged Cheddar, Baby Swiss, and Smoked Baby Swiss. Also - Schocoladen Confections created by Steve Wisdom: a line of homemade candy including toffee, caramels, and fudge.
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Chalet Cheese Cooperative
N4858 Cty. Hwy. N
Monroe, WI 53566 Map It!
608.325.4343
Contact: Myron Olson
BUY IT HERE: Visit the factory location above, Brennan's Farm Market, Dick's Piggly Wiggly in Monroe, Pick n Save in Monroe, Maple Leaf Cheese Outlet in Juda, and many other local locations.
PRODUCER PROFILE: Myron has been crafting cheese for over 40 years and is the manager of Chalet Cheese Cooperative. The cooperative is celebrating 125 years of business in 2010. Myron is a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker, certified in Limburger, Baby Swiss and Brick cheeses. All of these cheeses have won him numerous excellence awards. "There are still plenty of people who appreciate a full-flavored cheese," he says.
PRODUCTS: Only producer of Limburger Cheese in the entire United States. Limburger is a surface-ripened cheese that originated in Belgium. It is made at Chalet the old-fashioned, labor-intensive way—as it has been for more than 60 years. Once formed, the individual pieces of cheese, which are the shape and size of small bricks, are laid side-by-side on specially cured pine boards. Chalet Cheese also produces Brick, Swiss, Baby Swiss Cheese, and Leiderkranz - a slightly less pungent cousin of Limburger.
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Decatur Dairy
W1668 Cty. Hwy. F
Brodhead, WI 53520 Map It!
608.897.8661
Contact: Steve Stettler
http://www.decaturdairy.com/
BUY IT HERE: Visit the factory store at the location above, or ask about taking a tour.
PRODUCER PROFILE: Steve has been around the cheese business his entire life. He is a third generation cheesemaker and has followed the footsteps of his grandfather and father. He considers his Master Cheesemaker certifications in Havarti, Muenster, Brick and Farmers cheeses to be a great honor.
PRODUCTS: Brick, Farmers, Havarti, Muenster, Colby, Stettler Swiss and many varieties of their famous cheese curds.
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Edelweiss Creamery/Edelweiss Graziers Cooperative
W6117 Cty. C
Monticello, WI 53570 Map It!
608.938.4094
Contact: Bruce Workman, Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker
http://www.edelweisscreamery.com
BUY IT HERE: Visit the factory store at the location above, or at the Westside Community Market near Hilldale in the Madison area.
PRODUCER PROFILE: Edelweiss Creamery exists in a plant that has been in the same location since 1873. Master Cheesemaker, Bruce Workman, began renovating this plant in 2003 to fulfill a lifelong dream. Edelweiss Creamery is now a state-of-the-art small artisan cheese factory. Bruce literally imported the equipment from an entire Swiss cheese plant, including the traditional copper Kettle to begin producing classic big-wheel Emmentaler Swiss wheels.
Mid-2006, Bruce joined forces with Edelweiss Graziers Co-Op (www.edelweissgraziers.com) to create exciting, new specialty grass-based cheeses. With the help of Bruce and Jeff Wideman, another Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker, experimental cheeses were made utilizing the grass-based milk. Ultimately, these cheeses would be known as Grass-Based Aged Gouda and Grass-Based Aged Cheddar.
Consumers can be proud that their cheese is coming from a farming system that is sustainable, both environmentally and economically. The farms are family owned and operated contributing greatly to their local economies. From a health perspective, grass-based cheeses contain no rBST, are high in Omega 3 and CLA, valuable in cancer prevention.
PRODUCTS: Emmentaler Swiss, Havarti, Dill Havarti, Muenster, Lacy Swiss, Butterkase, Grass-based Gouda and Grass-based Cheddar.
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Maple Leaf Cheesemakers Inc./ Maple Leaf Cooperative
N890 Twin Grove Rd.
Monroe, WI 53566 Map It!
608.934.1234
Contact: Jeff Wideman or Shirley Knox
http://www.mapleleafcheese.com
BUY IT HERE: The factory does NOT have a store open to the public, but Maple Leaf Cheese is available at the Maple Leaf Cheese Outlet in Juda and Brennan's Farm Market in Monroe.
PRODUCER PROFILE: Jeff Wideman grew up on a dairy farm and went to work for the dairy cooperative where his parents were farmer patrons. It was there, under the tutelage of two Swiss cheesemakers that his career began. In 1981, he took over the Maple Leaf Cheese Cooperative to make innovative, premium cheeses. Jeff is also a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker with certifications in Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheese. Jeff is one of two WI Master Cheesemakers here at Maple Leaf. Paul Reigle came to Maple Leaf in 1983 and quickly knew that he had found his passion. Paul has WI Master Cheesemaker certifications in Yogurt, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese.
PRODUCTS: Cheddar (including Cranberry, Blueberry, White and Naturally Smoked), Colby, Monterey Jack (including varieties flavored with Jalapeno, Habanero, Salsa and Chipotle), Edam, Gouda (including Naturally Smoked) and Yogurt Cheese. In 2010, Maple Leaf Cheese Cooperative celebrated our 100th Anniversary of providing quality cheese products.
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Silver Lewis Cheese
W3075 Cty. Hwy. EE
Monticello, WI 53570 Map It!
608.938.4813
Contact: Josh and Carla Erickson
BUY IT HERE: Visit the factory location above, and Maple Leaf Cheese Outlet in Juda.
PRODUCER PROFILE: The small factory just east of Monticello has been in existence since 1987. It is operated by Josh and Carla Erickson and family.
PRODUCTS: Brick and Muenster Cheese.
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The Swiss Colony
640 - 8th St.
Monroe, WI 53566 Map It!
608.328.8572
http://www.swisscolony.com
BUY IT HERE: Swiss Colony Outlet store at the address listed above.
PRODUCER PROFILE: The Swiss Colony was founded by Ray Kubly in 1926 - originally as a mail order cheese company and now as a catalog company distributing more than 100 million catalogs each year - with all different types of products including bakery, apparel, jewelry, electronics, housewares, and more. The Swiss Colony is also an industry-leading provider of marketing services with 6 distribution centers and four contact centers. Their famous bakery is located right in Monroe, just down the street from the outlet.
PRODUCTS: Bakery items include Petit Fours, brownies, Dobosh Torte, Butter Toffee, Fudge, pastries, fruitcake, cheesecake, truffles, cookies, chocolates, gingerbread houses, etc.
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