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 - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Aromas are apples, berries and a bit of funk. Flavors are somewhat similar to nose, on the sweet side. Okay buddy with decent carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Can at Bodega Brew Pub, Inc. on 27 Oct 2023 at 22:09


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Last one in a variety pack. Can, pour is pale. White fading head. Pop the lid and I get some coconut laced orange for a nose. Surprised by the initial level of co2 on the palate, quite cutting. The taste reminds me of a Tahiti soda pop. Can't really pick out the apple cider in this, the other flavors are overwhelming. There is some pineapple coming thru in the middle. Near the finish the flavors start to wear on you, its becoming a little warm going down the gullet. You can't taste the alky content but you can feel it going down.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2023 at 18:21


6.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can, says 'bar cart series' on the front. Pour is slight haze pale. Heavy sweet grapefruit nose. Lots of sweet tart on the first taste. Getting a slight warming sensation down the throat. Decent level of co2, comes across as cutting when combined with the tartness. Goes down way too easy. Seems like a grapefruit soda pop. Can't find the alky nor the apple in this. Be careful, make sure the kids don't get this one. Finishes with a fruity touch of bitter lime. Not sure where the agave comes in. I'm hoping the unfermented sugar in this doesn't make my tummy burn. Very easy sugary drink, just not sure if this is really apple cider, or if its a alky added soda pop drink, hehehehh.

Tried from Can on 24 Oct 2023 at 17:55


7.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From a can this stuff is perfectly clear pale, not like the photo pictured here. Big white head is fluffy and lasting. Interestingly mild intriguing sweet nose. Taste is like drinking fruited soda pop, be careful here. There is no sense of the 6% in the taste, kids could drink this and be in trouble. Very good cutting carbonation. Cherry flavor is not artificial but yet comes across like candy with a touch of lime to spruce it up. Yes, goes down way too easy, seems to be a lot of unfermetned sugar in this. Oh yea, apple cider? Not sure if I can pick up apple cider in this one. Overall very flavorful sweet drink and again, its like soda pop. I'm just a little concerned if the sugar content is going to make my tummy ache.

Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2023 at 18:29


7.5

No pumpkin to speak of. Still tasty cider.

Tried on 08 Oct 2023 at 18:00


8

Tried on 08 Oct 2023 at 17:58


6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

In a glass, from a cheap can, this stuff pours clear light pale. Yea. I get it - merikan hard cider, you know with a kick! Pop the lid and the nose is a crispy clean american apple smell, nothing artificial on the olfactory. First swig is apple fer sure, but it is a little boozy, you'd expect that for 8%, but its not as boozy as an 8-percenter should be. So, be careful, you may have a few of these not realizing the brain numbing effect it has on affecting the motor skills. Hehehh. Yea, goes down easy, goes down way too easy. It doesn't even have a warming sensation, how interesting. I do note however, that in the middle, I think I'm starting to feel what its doing to me brain. I think I'm starting to feel better about life in general. Nothing very rude about the taste. You now, I've brewed hard cider myself for a few years but I could never get to taste this good, it always had a little rude ass attitude to it that is lacking here. Yea, its sweet and friendly, for the most part it's friendly, but it does carry a sort of alky based kick. I just wonder how they got the alky content up so high? It says they didn't add anything but apple but I'm not so sure. In the end its a pretty good brew for the alky content it contains, and the price you pay; much more civilized than the soda pop malt beverages out there with the same alky content.

Tried from Can on 30 Sep 2023 at 18:37


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

Pale cantaloupe color with a trace white head. Semi sweet with apple juice and strawberry notes. Medium finish and body.

Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2023 at 02:00


9

One of my favorite ciders to date!

Tried from Can on 09 Jul 2023 at 23:02


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

Pours clear pale yellow green. It has a lightly tart apple aroma. It tastes of sweet apples. It’s a bit floral and finishes with some dryness. Pleasant.

Tried on 27 Jun 2023 at 04:06