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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5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

The aroma is of coconut, pineapple, and orange. The flavor is very sweet and obviously fruity. Coconut and citrus are prominent. Too sweet. I drank half of it then tried the recommendation on the can to mix it with white rum. It didn’t help. If I want a pina colada, I better just make or buy a real one.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2024 at 04:59


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

Pale cantaloupe color with a trace white head that faded quickly. Dry with fusel alcohol and faint lime and ginger. Long finish. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2024 at 20:39


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

Pours a mostly clear light gold. It smells of lime and cherries. The flavor tends toward sweet with lime, cherries, and apples. It doesn’t come off as too sweet to me though. The tart lime balances it well.

Tried on 05 Feb 2024 at 06:28


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

On tap at Mellow Mushroom West Chester. Clear yellow with no head. Aroma is rich apple, medium body, lower carbonation, and no lacing. Taste is rich apple and cinnamon.

Tried from Draft on 14 Jan 2024 at 01:09


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

The aroma is of blueberries and apples. The flavor is very sweet with blueberries, apples, and booze. It’s okay but I wish they’d cut the sweetness some.

Tried on 10 Jan 2024 at 04:44


6.5

Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2024 at 19:40


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Single from 604. Pint glass @home. Clear, faintly peachy gold pour. Strong, lathery head. Sharp berry but not cranberry. Orange oil, heavy chem, champagne yeast nose. Orange-cran-apple juice box. Surprising apple skin. Floral chem, berry-soda finish. Soda feels. Didn't make me gag.

Tried on 30 Dec 2023 at 00:47


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

12oz can from 604, couldn't help it. They'll make a good one, eventually. Pint glass @home. Ethereal, clear, faintly pink, quick soda head. Smells like ginger-lime soda & corn chips with some generic red berry-ness. Sharp, pushy red berry, more like raspberry with perfume-y lingon/pomegranate. Generic apple tartness. Touch of chem bitterness. Lingering floral. Extra thin, crispy, whatever abv, not terribly sweet. Mostly soda & strangely tolerable. Tolerable.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2023 at 00:17


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

Can. A- Apple juice. A- Yellow color, clear liquid, minimal head. T- Apple, light pomegranate, raspberry, faint ginger. P- Light body, average texture, high carbonation, sweet finish. O- Very effervescent. Basically carbonation apple juice with the faintest hint of a mule in there.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2023 at 19:55


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pale gold with a small white head that faded quickly. Tangy, musty and a touch medicinal with an apple flesh note. Medium finish and body.

Tried on 04 Nov 2023 at 20:45