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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

Article from Clutha Leader - December 8, 2011 Download this article as a PDF here. You won’t find it down at your nearest pub but a locally generated agricultural probiotic friendly bacteria is certainly hitting the spot, as Andre Prassinos, left, watches Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan enjoy his sample. Clutha brewing up a probiotic storm, writes Laura Roozendaal. A DIFFERENT kind of probiotic is being  brewed in Clutha – and it’s making its mark. BioBrew is an agricultural probiotic that can be used for  animal nutrition and it is kept and delivered ... Read More

The national rural news program Rural Delivery recently aired a segment filmed at BioBrew's new production facility in the Waikato District. BioBrew Director Don Pearson and scientist Grant Pearson spoke to the camera while giving viewers an introduction to our product and the brewing process. The episode was broadcast on September 3rd 2011 and can be seen on TVNZ OnDemand. The following is the summary of the segment from the Rural Delivery website:   BioBrew Saturday, September 03, 2011 - Rural Delivery Series 7 Summary of story BioBrew is providing New Zealand’s only ... Read More

A scientific trial designed to measure the effects of BioBrew on dairy calves began at Telford, A Division of Lincoln University, on Friday August 26, 2011. The trial is a joint effort between The Clutha Agricultural Development Board, Lincoln University, Telford, and Biobrew Ltd and will run for seven weeks. 80 calves were weighed and split into four groups with two groups receiving BioBrew and two groups being raised without probiotic support. In addition to weight gain, rates of scouring will be tracked and recorded during the trial. The results will be independently reviewed and published ... Read More

Article from Rural Contractor Magazine - Issue 123 - April/May 2011 Download this article as a PDF here.   Rural contractors provide more than just equipment services. They help their customers get better results and save money. Many useful inputs such as lime or urea are sold in bulk. Rural contractors and their customers are able to fairly negotiate with multiple suppliers to find the best price and terms for their needs. Other products are nothing more than pre-mixed combinations of bulk ingredients, many if not all of which are available to farmers individually at much lower ... Read More