Kombucha news, from the Good Brew Crew

We Love Your Guts!

Probiotics help you dodge a hangover!!

World politics does make one reach for a boozy option sometimes hey?
Recent studies have shown that probiotic cheese can improve the way your body breaks down alcohol and help protect the liver from alcohol-induced damage. The researchers found that consuming probiotic-rich cheese at the same time as drinking alcohol helped rats process alcohol faster and reduce levels of acetaldehyde — a toxic byproduct of alcohol that's largely responsible for hangovers and liver stress.

The good news? The probiotic strains used in the study — including Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and Bifidobacterium — are also found in real, living kombucha (like ours!).

Good Brew Kombucha was the first company to do metagonomic analysis and clinical trials of the EFFECT of kombucha on humans (studies here). Now there's more specific research on this topic.  We've always said that our kombucha helps with a hangover (especially the Apple Mint & Chlorophyll flavour!). So next time you're hitting the booze, eat some probiotic cheese or down some kombucha with your cocktails, and your gut, your liver, AND your mood might just thank you!
 

DRY JULY

Speaking of Booze and Booch... Doing Dry July? Or just feeling like giving booze a break for a bit? We get it — and we’ve got just the thing to keep your hands full and your gut happy.

It's fizzy, it's funky, it's not too sweet — and when you pour it into a wine glass, it honestly feels like you’re sipping something fancy. Some of our flavours hit like a pét-nat, others could almost pass for a craft cider or a natural wine. Your brain thinks party, but your liver says thank you.

Unlike soft drinks or fake wines that are full of sugar and artificial stuff, real kombucha is alive, complex, and just the right kind of sour. No artificial vibes, no hangover, and no feeling like you’re missing out.

Take some kombucha to a dinner, crack open at a picnic, or pour into a wine glass at home and still feel like you’re treating yourself. It's got enough fizz and flavour to scratch the itch without the side effects.

So if you’re skipping the booze for a night, a week, or the whole month, kombucha’s a solid option that keeps your gut happy.

FARMERS MARKETS
THIS WEEKEND

We're loading up the van and bringing the good gut vibes to some of our favourite farmers markets this weekend.

Catch us this SATURDAY at
 Lancefield Farmers Market,
and Ballarat Farmers Market.

On SUNDAY we'll be hitting 
Alphington Farmers Market.

We’ll have kombucha on tap (bring your bottles for cheaper refills), bottles ready to take home, flavour infusion packs, brewing kits, and plenty more goodies to keep your gut happy and your fridge stocked.

Swing past for a taste (as always, free samples all day!), ask us your brew questions, or just hang out and soak in the market energy. We love seeing your faces and talking all things booch.

Follow us on instagram to stay up to date with where we will be next weekend:

Our Brunswick
 Kombucha Workshops
Are Back Baby
Thursday 31st July

Do you want to brew your own at home? Find out everything you need to know about brewing from the founder of Good Brew, Dean O’Callaghan (Deano).  He'll take you through a hands-on brewing session where you'll learn everything you need to know about brewing your own kombucha!

Deano will guide you through every step of the process, from brewing to bottling to flavouring during secondary fermentation. Everything you've ever wanted to know about kombucha brewing, and all of your questions answered!

This is an in person workshop, and the ticket price includes a kombucha scoby and our Brew Bible for you to start making your own kombucha brews.

OR you can purchase a ticket that includes a complete kit - everything you need to start brewing at home. This ticket includes:

• Kombucha scoby 220mls
• Glass fermenter 8L with tap
• Brew Bible
• Fermentation Cloth
• 100g of our organic raw sugar
• 100g of our organic oolong & green tea special blend
• Ph test strips 

Can't make it to this session? Your ticket will be valid for our next in person workshop at our Brunswick HQ.

Workshop Level: Beginner to Advanced

We know it's a while until our next workshop so please stay tuned for a special short video that Deano made for his German family to start brewing kombucha at home. It's mainly in English with a few spicy German words that you'll learn in the process. We all need good probiotics in our homes!
 

MAY ALL YOUR BREWS BE GOOD BREWS
xx