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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Clear pink body small foamy off white head. Berry fruity aroma. Berry fruity flavor. Medium light body high carbonation. 7/3/6/3/13 3.2

Tried from Can on 24 May 2023 at 23:08


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

$2 can from Trader Joe's while shopping for non-essentials. No one goes to TJs for real groceries, that's silly. Pint glass @home. Pale, clear, straw gold, lingering film. Smells strongly medicinal, bittersweet, weirdly herbal. Good & bad. Semi-sweet apples upfront, sorta tart. Kinda garbage-y, slightly past/spoiled apple bitterness, rubber, plus some unusual menthol sting. It's vaguely industrial. Finish is champagne yeasties & a nod to pear. Frothy, too noticeably boozy, slight soda finish. Not the worst $2 adult beverage I've had, but it parked on the same block.

Tried from Can on 04 May 2023 at 23:16


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

12 ounce can from Niemuth's, 2/17/23. Clear pale gold, thin fizzy tan head, poor retention. Aroma of dry apples, bit of sweettart apple. Taste is sweet apple, a weird meaty and savory note. High carb.

Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2023 at 01:08


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pour is certainly a peach-colored brew. You know, not really pale and its kinah light weird off yellah orange with a slight red tint? Nose is simply a mild fruity perfume, hard to tell if its peach or not. Not sure if I'm getting any blackberry in there on the taste, but it does have a mild berry hiding in the background. Yes, peach is there, and it's not artificial as far as I can tell. Somewhat sweet and a mild tart effect as well. Seems to have quite a bit of unfermented sugar in there. Pretty good, just like most of these blake ciders go. Hides the alky content nicely. Enjoyable for an alky drink. Not bad, just hoping it doesn't burn my lager loven tummy with too much sugar. Good co2 clear to the end. Refreshing.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2023 at 20:34


5.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On tap @TreeRock. Saefet, 5oz pour. Clear, pale gold, glistening. Smell is strong potpourri, bubblegum & sweet pineapple juice. Too perfume-y of a nose. Taste is mostly pineapple juice, dusty dried fruit, sulfites, plastic & a touch of passion fruit jam. Frothy, Low acid, way too sweet.

Tried from Draft on 14 Mar 2023 at 20:47


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

From a cheap can. Has typical nose of dry fermented apple cider. Eye is clear pale with bubblelike carbonation on the side of the glass. Taste is quite acceptable, its fruitier than yer typical cider but it's well done. The alky content is not as forward as you would think. Good carbonation from start to finish. No sense of the oak, as it may be. Just a simple kick ass typical domestic fruited apple cider that sort of borders on soda pop but not quite. There, you have it.

Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2023 at 21:22


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

Draft: Poured a pinkish yellow with a white bubble head. Aroma is ginger, pomegranate, apple. Taste is ginger, pomegranates, apple, carbonated.

Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2023 at 18:45



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

Pale orange with minimal head. Semi sweet with a nice peach presence and light apple flesh. Medium finish and body.

Tried on 02 Jan 2023 at 03:50


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Single from 604. Clear, classy gold, frothy, lingering head. Minerally, earthy, very faint florals, soap. Lightly tart, apple core, lemon, pineapple water, low acid, crazy heavy in powdered sulfites. Soap. Dusty, powdered texture. No adjuncts, not helping.

Tried on 17 Dec 2022 at 05:29