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
Travlr (30173) reviewed Flannel Mouth from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
cheap (9533) reviewed El Chavo from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
superspak (10160) reviewed Apple Ale from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
bkbergen (9250) ticked El Chavo from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
I cannot tell if I like this or not.
bkbergen (9250) ticked Beard Bender from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
Very nice. Balanced sweet/tart/crisp apples; lavender/mint/lemon/herbal/floral/orange/light honey. Semidry; crisp/foamy/high carb finish.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Archimedes from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
Drake (22934) reviewed Cyser from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed The Tonic from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
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.
superspak (10160) ticked Cyser from Blake's Hard Cider Co. 8 years ago
Very nice. Balanced lightly sweet/tart apples/lemon/pear/floral/herbal/fruit peels/light clove/pepper. Semidry/med carb. Slight tannin/acids