Blake's Hard Cider Co.

Cidery in Armada, Michigan, United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Owned by Blake's Beverage Co.
Associated Venue: Blake's Orchard & Cider Mill

Established in 2013

Contact
17985 Armada Center Rd, Armada, MI, 48005, United States
Description
Blake's Hard Cider Co. is based on a 70 year old orchard in Armada, MI where a tasting room is housed right on the farm, surrounded by a booming cider mill and over 1,000 acres of apple trees. Its hard cider for easy living, come on by and see for yourself!

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6.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
This cider has a strawberry and apple aroma. The flavor is sweet with apples, strawberries, lemon. Itโ€™s sweeter than Iโ€™d like but I think the lemon sourness reins it in somewhat.
Tried on 01 Sep 2021 at 06:16

6/10
Clear pink gold body small foamy white head. Berry floral aroma. Berry floral citrus flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3
Tried from Draft on 22 Aug 2021 at 20:49

4.9/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
12 ounce can, 8/15/21. Hazy purple, thin fizzy head. Aroma of lemon, dry apple. Taste is sweet berry, lemon. Thin. Meh.
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2021 at 00:20

7/10 โ€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from market district robinson. Clear and very light yellow. Lots of visible co2. Smells like apple cider. No hint of pineapple on the nose. First taste is good considering the pineapple apple cider I used to make, that stuff was rather rude; never could get get it right. This on the other hand is very refreshing and fun, way to easy for an alky drink. Lots of cutting carbonation sizzling across the tongue, nice. In the middle this is becoming very enjoyable. In the end, its a better cider but I'm curious about the amount of unfermented sugar in this stuff.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2021 at 18:51

5.4/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
This cider has a blueberry and lemon aroma. The flavor is sweet with blueberry and apple, and thereโ€™s lemony tartness. Itโ€™s artificial tasting like candy, kind of reminds me of a sweet tart. Not terrible, but ehโ€ฆ
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2021 at 19:33

7.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
From a can, clear darker pink. Mild sweet perfume nose. Virtually no head. First taste is rather pleasant and fun, good carbonation too. Lacks any of those rude apple cider effects. Comes across like soda pop, hard to find the apple cider and alky in this one. Very friendly, very soda pop. For 6.5%, this stuff has no hint of alky, be careful. Very good sweet tasting brew, quite refreshing. Just not sure if this is really a hard apple cider or not. Just curious if the alky was added after the brewing.
Tried from Can on 24 Jul 2021 at 21:31

7/10
Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2021 at 22:02

6.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From a can this stuff looks like pink lemonade. Somewhat artificial hardtack candy nose. Tart & sweet with a sweet-tart candy feel to it. Lots of cutting carbonation. I can pick out the lemonade but the blueberry is difficult to identify. It is a berry kind of thing hidden in the background but not sure if it really comes across as blueberry or not. Also, for a brew that is close to 7%, this stuff doesn't show it. In the end it comes across more like one of those fruity soda pop malt beverages. Has teh effects of artificial sweetener in it. Not bad overall, but the undermentioned sugar level makes me a little nervous.
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2021 at 19:58

5.4/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Salmon colored with a small white head that left no lacing. Tart with artificial blueberry, lemon and artificial sugar. Medium finish and body.
Tried on 04 Jul 2021 at 03:06

6.6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can. Pink in color. Taste is certainly apple but with a slight tint of artificial strawberry. Not sure if I can pick up any lemon, I guess I was looking for a shandy kind of feel to it, but the lemon is pretty much absent except for a little bit of tartness. Goes down fairly easy. Actually. way too easy, considering its got an ABV near 7%. Yes, no sign of alky in this beverage. Artificial aspects seem to fade as the session continues. Not bad overall and there doesn't seem to be much unfermented sugar in this one.
Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2021 at 20:25