I am a big fan of Home Brewing and Local Brewers. Many years back I did home brewing but when small upstart brewers started popping all over my town I stopped. I have been a vocal critic of iGulu and was one of the first sponsors of iGulu. Now I have 2 machines and have brewing like crazy every week. I have test all packets with mostly great success. I have now made nearly 20 batches. Happy to help anyone with issues.