KITCHENER - Waterloo Brewing will begin producing Somersby Cider in a three-year deal with Carlsberg Canada worth $20 million.

The Kitchener-based brewery announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Carlsberg to be the exclusive Canadian producer of Somersby Cider.

In addition to making beer under the Waterloo Brewing and Laker brands, Waterloo Brewing has a growing business producing beverages for other companies under an arrangement called co-packing.

"We are motivated to be the best co-pack producer in the beer and alcoholic beverage category in Canada," Waterloo Brewing CEO George Croft said in a news release. "Carlsberg choosing to work with us shows that we're on track to be precisely that."

The company said the Somersby Cider it produces will be on shelves in time for the summer of 2020.