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
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!
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Salmon color with a small head. Artificial sugar and artificial berry. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2025
at 01:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can from Boise Co-op. Rosé colored pour, some bubbles on pour, which then disappear. Blood orange and cranberry are about equal in the aroma. Taste follows with more of the blood orange and cranberries, giving it a nice wintery profile. Apples detectable underneath make for a tasty, refreshing drink.
Tried
from Can
from
Boise Co-Op - The Village
on 09 Mar 2025
at 21:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smells of peanuts and berries. The flavor is sweet with the peanuts prominent and berries and apples. Interesting combo. It’s not my favorite but it’s alright. It didn’t strike me as being as sugary as the Big Jam I had recently, which is good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Dicky's 21 Taps
on 22 Jan 2025
at 06:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear, light gold in color with a small, quickly disappearing head. Aroma is apple and pumpkin. Taste is also apple and pumpkin.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear gold with soda pop bubbles. Aroma is caramel and apples. Taste is also caramel and apples.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This cider smells of apples, berries, and booze. The flavor is very sweet with berries, apples, sugar, and booze. The fruit flavors are nice. Just wish they’d toned down the sugar some.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 17 Jan 2025
at 06:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Raspberries dominate the aroma with the apples and tea in the background. The flavor is led more by the tea. It's somewhat sweet but the tea seems to cut the sugar some, yielding a more balanced flavor. I'm not totally sold on the cider with tea added combo, but it works better than I expected.
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 11 Jan 2025
at 19:15
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
This cider has a mild aroma of apples and berries. The flavor is semi dry as advertised. Apples and berries. Seems thin. Why not just make a semi dry cider instead of going for slightly lower calories and monk fruit to sweeten it a bit? It’s not bad, but it brought to mind the blandness of low calorie beers
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 05 Jan 2025
at 18:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Caramel color with a large foamy head. Boozy and sweet with candied mango and tropical fruit. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2024
at 18:30
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
On tap at Angel's Trumpet Ale House, pours a clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma is very sweet, with sickly sweet jammy berry syrup dominating. Flavour is sickeningly sweet, with lots of berry syrup. How can Americans think this is a good cider? JFC, this is bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2024
at 07:23