Blake's Hard Cider Co.

Cidery in Armada, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

This cider has a tart apple aroma. The flavor is moderately sweet with pleasant crisp apple flavor. Some tartness. Good cider.

Tried on 25 Aug 2019 at 20:09


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 8/17/19. Clear pale yellow gold, thin fizzy head, poor retention. Aroma of canned and dried pineapple, sweet apple, sage, earth. Taste is sage, sweet apple, pineapple. Medium bodied, low carb, some lingering spice. A bit on the sweet side. Solid.

Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2019 at 03:04


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 8/3/19. Clear gold, slight haze, thin fizzy white head fades quickly. Aroma of dry apples and peppers. Taste is strong habanero peppers, sweet apples. Medium bodied, strong spice and heat, mild sweetness. Low carb. I don't mind peppers but this is a little over the top.

Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2019 at 02:20


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Deep clear gold pour. Small head. Aroma is of coffee and apple. Coffee is apparent in the flavor. Tart, sourish apple flavor but it’s still pretty sweet. Interesting. Not my favorite thing but it’s different.

Tried on 21 Aug 2019 at 15:05


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

This cider has a pleasant apple aroma. It tastes of sweet apple, a little citrus and a touch of berries.. Hops? I mean it’s a decent cider but it’s hard to pick out all those ingredients.

Tried on 13 Aug 2019 at 05:06


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 7/23/19. Clear red, thin creamy tan head, fair retention. Aroma of tart and tannic berries, dry apple. Taste is tart apples, dry apples, vanilla, apple skins, berries. Medium bodied, jammy, juicy. Solid.

Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2019 at 21:12


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 7/13/19. Clear gold, large fizzy white head, good retention. Aroma of coffee and dry apple. Taste is coffee with some green coffee notes, dry apple, earth. Thin. A little weird but not bad.

Tried from Can on 28 Jul 2019 at 19:18


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Crisp golden coloured body with a deep glow of honey and a super thin, ultra-fast dying pure white head that only stays afloat for a second. Aroma of apples of course with a light dash of mangoes and some tropical fruits, but none of the heat noticeable in the nose. Light-bodied; Super crisp apple flavour hits up front and then immediately noticeable is the heat, from the habaneros, in a perfect way - very crisp and hot, but only lasts for a few seconds, but some apples and mango flavours persist with a dry profile, some light sweetness, but a good deal of heat still noticeable, in a good way. Aftertaste shows some mild habanero heat and some that hits on the drier side, but this is all about crisp, very flavourful apples with a nice effervescence and a touch of mango tropical fruit flavour sweetness at the tail end. Overall, a very nice and distinct cider that shows nicely throughout with some crisp and unique flavours in a good way without being overpowering. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Harris Teeter in Potomac Yard (Arlington), Virginia on 30-May-2019 for US$1,87 sampled on the streets of New York, New York on 09-June-2019.

Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2019 at 14:39


3.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

Can from a Tasty Beverage self-made mixed pack. Pint glass. Perfectly pink with a washed, quickly fading head. Smells of potassium sorbate, plastic, berries, slight apple astringency, yeast. Tastes like strawberry candy & white zin, with a bitter apple backdrop. More syrupy than thin. Lingering berry & cheap wine flavor. Strong force carb. Way too sweet. Maybe over ice after I've had a few? Nope.

Tried from Can on 29 May 2019 at 23:01


8

Awesome! Juicy/tart/tangy straw/black/raspberries/skin/seed; red/green/crisp apples; fruit peel/herbal/yeast earth. Semidry/semicrisp carb. Lingering acid/tang/tannins. No pucker/astringent. Refreshingly smooth. Awesome fruit complexity/balance.

Tried from Can on 18 May 2019 at 17:16