machine. >> reporter: he and many beer geeks wanted to keep the craft in craft brewing while embracing the internet and eliminating the guesswork of typical home brew systems. they created the zymatic at $1,700. >> just load it up. >> and load them in. >> reporter: it can be as simple as opening prepackaged ingredients modeled after well known beers. national home brewer of the year annie johnson was at first skeptical. >> there was a picture of the founders, and they were holding up beer. i thought, none of them had beer guts. >> reporter: after a few test brews, she was able to precisely control her recipes, the ingredients, temperature, fine tune the entire process. she joined the team as chief brew master. it's wifi enabled and can be remotely operated, programmed and monitored from any computer in the world. >> you can pick a selection of beer recipes inspired by famous brews. not exact duplicates but pretty