Humboldt Fog

{{Short description|Brand of American goat cheese}}

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{{Infobox Cheese

| name = Humboldt Fog

| image = 280 px

| othernames =

| country = United States

| regiontown = California

| region =

| town = Arcata, Humboldt County

| source = Goats

| pasteurized = Yes

| texture = semi-soft

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| aging = 60 days

| certification = None

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Humboldt Fog is a goat milk cheese made by Cypress Grove, of Arcata, California, in Humboldt County. It is named for the local ocean fog which rolls in from Humboldt Bay.{{cite book | title = Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings | author= Tenaya Darlington| publisher = Running Press |url = https://archive.org/details/dibrunobroshouse0000darl| url-access = registration | quote = Humboldt Fog -wikipedia. | date = 2013 | page = [https://archive.org/details/dibrunobroshouse0000darl/page/74 74] | isbn = 9780762448333 | access-date = 23 April 2019}}{{cite book | title = Immortal Milk: Adventures in Cheese | author= Eric LeMay| publisher = Simon and Schuster |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=To43BAAAQBAJ&q=%22Humboldt+Fog%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA74| date = 2010 | pages = 55–57 | isbn = 9781439159088 | access-date = 23 April 2019}} It is an uncooked pressed cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.{{Cite web |title=Humboldt Fog® - Soft, Ripe Goat Cheese {{!}} Cypress Grove Cheese |url=https://www.cypressgrovecheese.com/cheese/soft-ripened-cheeses/humboldt-fog/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Cypress Grove |language=en-US}}

Humboldt Fog is a mold-ripened cheese with a central line of edible white ash much like Morbier. The cheese ripens starting with the bloomy mold exterior, resulting in a core of fresh goat cheese surrounded by a runny shell. As the cheese matures, more of the originally crumbly core is converted to a soft-ripened texture. The bloomy mold and ash rind are edible but fairly tasteless. The cheese is creamy, light, and mildly acidic with a stronger flavor near the rind.

This cheese won first-place awards from the American Cheese Society in 1998, 2002 and 2005.{{cite web|title=Humboldt Fog|url=http://www.cypressgrovechevre.com/cheeses/PDFs/humboldtFog.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070726193914/http://www.cypressgrovechevre.com/cheeses/PDFs/humboldtFog.pdf|archive-date=2007-07-26|website=Cypress Grove Chevre}}{{Cite web |title=ACS Judging & Competition Winners {{!}} American Cheese Society |url=https://www.cheesesociety.org/competition-winners/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211134358/https://www.cheesesociety.org/competition-winners/ |url-status=dead }}