Blake’s Beverage Company, the collaborative voice of three leading cider brands, Blake’s Hard Cider, Austin Eastciders, and AVID Cider Co., entered 2024 as the nation’s second largest independent cider company. With a strengthened national footprint and a passion for bold, fruit-forward hard beverages crafted from fresh ingredients, Blake’s Beverage Company has entered several new distribution partnerships in 2024. The cider category continues to rank among the fastest growing beverage segments, with Imperial Cider pacing just behind Imperial IPA as the largest growth driver in craft beverage, and Blake’s is well positioned for growth this year.
In the first two quarters of 2024, Blake’s Hard Cider, Michigan’s leading cidery, made significant strides in expanding its market presence and product offerings, adding new distribution partners in Greater Pittsburgh (INCO Beverage & Galli Beer Distributing), Greater Nashville (Ajax Turner Co. Inc), Southern California (Stone Distributing), and Waterloo, Iowa (Fahr Distributing). They also launched in the Greater St. Louis market with 4 new partners (Krey Distributing Co., Grey Eagle Distributors, Lohr Distributing, and H.W. Herrell Distributing) and in the Pacific Northwest, in Oregon and Washington with Maletis, Bigfoot, and Summit Distributing, and Montana, with Bronken’s Distributing.