A new Swedish cider is heading over to the UK to offer a "new flavour profile" to British cider fans.

The 4.5% abv Briska comes from Spendrups, one of Sweden's largest breweries, and was launched there last year. It is described as being a premium semi-dry drink that sits between Sweden's traditional sweet ciders and the UK's drier ones.

"We will be using marketing, sampling activity and on-bottle messages to communicate the fact that it is less sweet," said brand manager Fredrik Eklund.

The brand will hit the on-trade this month in bottles and on draught, and will be rolled into the off-trade ­later in the summer in pear and apple flavours. A pomegranate flavour will follow at a later stage.

"We think it will appeal more to women then men, though it is a unisex drink aimed at cider drinkers of a more mature age, between 25 and 35," said Eklund.

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