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

Draft. Crystal clear pale yellow color with bubbles. Light fruit aroma. Taste is apple flesh and light lemon. Semi sweet and simple.

Tried from Draft on 11 Sep 2017 at 08:25


6.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at McGrogans, cannonsburg. Clear and very pale. Smell is pepsin. never smelled that before. I like this! Its good. Yes just a touch of pepsin in the flavor too. No hint of heat. Much better than expected. Fun and somewhat sweet on the palate. Very little co2. Yes, now I detect some pepper, just barely. Quite unique. Very good, almost reminds me of local meads. Good stuff! Hides alky too well.

Tried from Draft on 03 Sep 2017 at 16:27


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 7/17/2017. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of lightly tart red/green apples, fruit peels, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of apples, bready malt, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big lightly tart red/green apples, fruit peels, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/grassy/spicy hop bitterness and apple tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart red/green apples, fruit peels, cracker, toasted biscuit, light caramel, pepper, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of apples, bready malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice malt/tart/bitterness balance. Touch of hop/fruit astringency lingering through the glass, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tart/bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very nice fruit beer. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of apples, bready malt, and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink, despite the increasing tart/bitter/drying finish. Very flavorful with great rich malt complexity for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2017 at 15:56


I cannot tell if I like this or not.

Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2017 at 20:46


Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 15:54


7

Very nice. Balanced sweet/tart/crisp apples; lavender/mint/lemon/herbal/floral/orange/light honey. Semidry; crisp/foamy/high carb finish.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2017 at 21:55


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled from a 12 oz can this cider poured a dark pink-i color with a trace soapy pink head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was strong sweet berries and a touch of vanilla. The flavor was slightly tart string sweet berries with light touches of vanilla apple and yeast. Very long berry and apple finish. Medium body. Pretty tasty.

Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2017 at 12:03


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

Keg at Lost River. Clear very pale yellow. Strong legs. Aroma of sweet honey and apple, mild spice. Taste is earth, spice, honey, apple, pear. Thin. Decent.

Tried on 05 Jul 2017 at 20:29


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

@ red clay cidery. Wow, cucumber and green melon in the nose. Lightly tart. A touch of spiciness on the back end which was weird. A little tangy. Ok.

Tried on 01 Jul 2017 at 15:12


7

Very nice. Balanced lightly sweet/tart apples/lemon/pear/floral/herbal/fruit peels/light clove/pepper. Semidry/med carb. Slight tannin/acids

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2017 at 20:00