When it opened a new brewery in Stockholm, Sweden, in partnership with Carlsberg Sweden earlier this year, the facility became the first European brewery operated by an American craft brewer. Since the brewer began exporting eight years ago, it’s grown its international sales to about two dozen countries, according to Brooklyn Brewery’s export coordinator Tim Rozmus.

“Some markets, such as Korea, are very similar to the U.S. back when Brooklyn Lager was launched (in 1988) — the markets are dominated by large brewers and mass-produced, mostly homogeneous light lagers,” Rozmus said. “These markets are just starting to discover bolder, more flavorful beers, particularly from students traveling to the U.S., and demand is shifting towards craft beer.”

Over the past decade, American craft beer exports grew 1,918 percent, according to the Brewers Association, with no signs of slowing down. The Colorado-based trade group defines craft brewers as those that are small, independent and traditional and produce 6 million barrels of beer or less annually.

Exports of American craft beer grew to 282,526 barrels in 2013, up from 189,050 in 2012. Canada is the leading export market for U.S. craft brewers, followed by Sweden, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan.