TYNE Bank Brewery of UK is set to export its beers to Sweden market through a partnership with a buyer who operates for Systenbolaget, a Swedish state run alcohol selling monopoly.
The company's managing director Julia Austin will visit Sweden as part of a UK Trade and Investment mission.
Austin said that Sweden is a simple market for export because there is only one company that sells the alcohol within the country.
"So for our first look at exporting it seemed quite a good place to start - plus the UKTI is offering a lot of support," Austin added.
"They've given us contacts for about 12 different importers and we've meetings arranged and a few interested parties.
"And hopefully we will make good contacts for the future - one person used to work with Scottish and Newcastle, so she already has experience of beer from the North East, and hopefully we can build on that.
"And once we've had a taste of export, we can see about developing from there."
