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A modern Swedish craft brewery is using traditional brewing methods to produce a range of classic styles ales and lagers and packaging them in aluminium cans with modern attractive designs. The philosophy of the company is to produce an easy drinking beer, using the finest ingredients that the customer can enjoy on its own or with food.

The offered beers are the following:
- Beer 1: Unfiltered Czech style pilsner - Malty taste with hints of light bread, apricot, honey and citrus peel
- Beer 2: Dry hopped Hefeweizen - Spicy taste with bread, banana, cloves, melon and strawberry.
- Beer 3: Strong Brown Ale - Full and sweet with dark bread, raisin tones, toasted malt, vanilla, nutmeg, orange and chocolate.
- Beer 4: Strawberry and Lime Sour Ale - Fresh and fruity, sour taste with hints of lime, strawberries and fresh herbs.
- Beer 5: Light beer - Crisp, refreshing malt backbone with a bright citrus finish.

The company serves the local Swedish market both via the retail monopoly and bars/ restaurants with both can and keg on offer. Apart from that, the company is exporting to China, Singapore and Chile on can and keg. The company is now seeking distribution agreements internationally to expand the growing export business. Primary new markets of interest are Denmark and Germany.

Advantages & innovations

The company offers a sustainable package in both lightweight, high density packing for export leading to lower shipping costs per pallet. The packing is also designed to be very attractive to the consumer on the shelf. As the company packages in aluminium cans, the product has an extended best before date.

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

The company is looking for resellers and distributors (preferably with contacts to food and hotel chains) that can represent and sell their quality products professionally and responsibly. Initially, the Swedish company seeks long-term and solid collaboration partners in Denmark and Germany.