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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6.5/10
Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2024 at 19:40

5.5/10 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

6.4/10 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

7.1/10 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

5/10 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

6.8/10 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

6.4/10 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

6.4/10 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

7.6/10 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

7.5/10
No pumpkin to speak of. Still tasty cider.
Tried on 08 Oct 2023 at 18:00