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BioBrew was at the South Island Field Days at Lincoln and the earlier Dairy Days Out at Ashburton.        BioBrew is proud to be an ATS supplier.

By Malik Altaf Hussain, Yu Sheng and Grant Bennett, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University The use of non-pathogenic live organisms (generally known as probiotics), that benefit the host animal by improving the intestinal microbial balance, is gaining popularity in dairy farming systems globally. Administration of these microbes in adequate amounts would exert positive influences on the health of the animal. A unique microflora establishes in the ruminants’ GI tract during early stage of their lives. Amazingly the first established microorganisms will ... Read More

Sustainability Award caps winning year for BioBrew Ltd. Auckland, New Zealand – Judges’ Commendation for Sustainable Innovation awarded to BioBrew Ltd at the Sustainable Business Network Awards at The Cloud on Thursday November 24, 2012. From humble beginnings in the Deep South, BioBrew Ltd has grown into a national company with production and distribution facilities in Southland, Otago, Canterbury, Taranaki, Waikato and Bay of Plenty. “More facilities are on the way as we establish a nationwide network delivering fresh and affordable probiotic microbial tools to NZ farms,” ... Read More

Lincoln University congratulates BioBrew for making it into the Champion Canterbury Business Awards 01 October 2012 At the Champion Canterbury business awards on 27 September, BioBrew Ltd was a finalist in the Champion Producer/Manufacturer Small Enterprise category. BioBrew Ltd produces microbial products and they are used in a variety of animal nutrition applications, including domesticated species at all stages of development.  In collaboration with Lincoln University’s Food Microbiology Laboratory in the Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Bioscience, BioBrew’s products ... Read More

BioBrew is proud to announce that they are winners in the 2012 Davids Awards in the category: Most outstanding transitional business A promising business which has moved beyond the start-up phase and is more than 18 months old, which has a proven track record and some or all of the plans/people/systems/processes in place to make a well-above-average future a reality. This Award seeks to recognize a business planning for and/or coping with the changes required to take a business through expansion and significant growth.

BioBrew is a finalist in two categories of The David Awards 2012:  The Most outstanding transitional business  and  The NZBusiness Most innovative business. Winners will be announced on October 3rd.  Watch this space!

Amy Adams, MP for Selwyn, visited BioBrew's temporary premises in Prebbleton on September 6, 2012. Ms Adams was shown the brewery by Don Pearson, BioBrew's Technical Director. Ms. Adams' background in farming was evident in the questions she asked and she, like every farmer receiving BioBrew for the first time, left with a sample to try on her orphan lambs.

BioBrew founders Andre Prassinos and Don Pearson are pictured below at The Court Theatre attending the August 15th event announcing the Champion Canterbury finalists in each category. BioBrew Ltd was announced as a finalist within the small enterprise section of the Producer/Manufacturer category. Winners are to be announced at a gala on September 27th.    

Paretai, Clutha District; 16 March 2012: Hon Bill English welcomed by BioBrew Ltd Founder and Director Andre Prassinos to the company's Paretai brewery in the Clutha District. Minister English spent over half an hour touring the facility and asking questions regarding product, operations and plans for future business development. Also attending the tour were Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan and Paretai farmer Dave Inder. This facility is one of three in NZ serving BioBrew Ltd's growing customer base nationwide.  

BioBrew Ltd. Director Andre Prassinos today announced the results of a recent dairy calf trial conducted at Telford Farms and coordinated by the Clutha Agricultural Development Board. “Calves receiving BioBrew demonstrated improved feed conversion, improved handling characteristics and handled transitions from colostrum to warm milk and from warm milk to cold milk better than the control groups,” said Prassinos. Eighty calves were split into four groups of twenty with two groups receiving BioBrew and two groups as control for the trial. All calves received the same amount of ... Read More

Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan visits the Balclutha brewery to congratulate BioBrew for its success with the Telford Farms calf trial and for the company's recent growth which has increased economic activity and employment in the district. Kris Nicol and Andre Prassinos, owners of BioBrew Otago, are shown offering the Mayor a sample of their most recent batch of brew.

Article from Southern Rural Life - December 7, 2011 Download this article as a PDF here. By DAN HUTCHINSON A UNIQUE "brew" for farm animals has bubbled out of a Balclutha garage and is being reproduced at micro breweries throughout New Zealand. The BioBrew concoction, designed to improve the digestive system and overall health of animals, works on the same principle as probiotic yoghurts with humans. Co-founder and BioBrew director Andre Prassinos said larger premises of a barn near Kaka Point had replaced the original brewery in a garage. There are also breweries making BioBrew ... Read More