14 great American cheeses you should be eating

The U.S. is sitting on a 1.2 billion-pound surplus of cheese.

Thanks to a European excess of milk and a plunge in pricing, the EU is exporting more cheese than the US.

Meanwhile, American dairy production continues to grow. The culmination of cheap imports from the EU and record high American production rates have led to a cheese crisis.

It's time to decrease that surplus and hit the fromagerie, folks.

Here are 14 great American cheeses to gorge on now.