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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6.9/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Yellow color with a cinnamon aroma. Sweet apple and cinnamon flavor, hint of caramel and vanilla. Dry, crisp finish. Overall reminds me of apple cider donuts.
Tried from Draft at The Wall of Beer on 08 Oct 2025 at 23:23

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Panda courtesy of SHIG, cheers Shawn! Pale golden colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of caramel, apple. Taste is sweet, caramel, appley, brown sugar, with alittle tartness. Medium bodied, light carbonation, sweet caramel & apple at the finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried on 21 Sep 2025 at 18:37

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Lime and vanilla aroma. Sweet flavor, kind of sugary but the lime cuts it some. Lime, vanilla, cinnamon, and apple. Very enjoyable.
Tried from Can from Belmont Beverage - Lima Rd on 24 Aug 2025 at 05:52

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Golden colour, aroma of canned apple, apple peel and some earthy notes; taste of canned apple, apple juice, some earthy and minimal alcoholic-spicy notes; good cider
Tried from Can from Whole Foods Market - Union Square on 13 Jul 2025 at 01:48

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6
$2 single from the Filling Station in Nashville. Obvious low expectations. Double checked & it is a cider with raspberry & tea added.

Pint glass at home. Clear, cliche raspberry-tea, wispy head pour.
Strong raspberry candy nose, light veggie astringency with a hint of apple concentrate.
Raspberry candy over some solid Lemon Lipton Brisk. Bittersweet leaning sweet. Malic acid, chem & some light grape drank notes. This drinks better than expected, mostly because I can't taste much of their horrible cider.
Frothy, tart, artificial & kinda refreshing when cold.

Solid desperation move. Obviously the best thing they've ever produced.
Tried from Can from The Filling Station on 01 Jul 2025 at 23:51

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4.5 Texture 5 Overall 5
This is a boozy sugar bomb. The aroma is of apples, mangoes, and some alcohol. The flavor is very sweet with apples, mangoes, and booze. It’s drinkable but too sweet. What are they doing? Blake’s is usually better.
Tried from Draft at Dicky's 21 Taps on 18 Jun 2025 at 04:07

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Fizzy gold with a large fluffy white head. Strong cinnamon followed by light apple and lime. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 16 Jun 2025 at 00:26

From a can pours crisp looking pale with constant co2 screaming streaming for a show. Quite dry initial taste, nice. Lacks all that sugary woodchuck thing so common in domestic ciders. Its dry but not brutal, well balanced. Nice continuous co2 on the palate like Ravel's Bolero. Easy drinken with a tad of processed feel to it but it doesn't distract from the inalienability enjoyability. I was putting the tasting of this off because I feared it would be too sweet, but now I'm pleasantly surprised. Very good sipping cider. Overall well mannered yammered good stuff.
Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Apex on 02 Jun 2025 at 16:24

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4.5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Smells of blueberries and some weird artificial smell that I really can’t place. The flavor is sweet with blueberries, sugar, apples and again something that seems artificial. Drinkable, but this one is a miss from Blake’s. They usually do a better job.
Tried from Draft at Dicky's 21 Taps on 08 May 2025 at 03:26

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pink red with a small white head that faded quickly. Tanfy and sweet with berry, grape and roasted nut. Long finish. Medium body
Tried from Draft on 20 Apr 2025 at 01:27