FreeM80s

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An oatmeal stout

maida7

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A true weizen will require using liquid yeast. I would advise making a starter when using liquid yeast. As a beginner it may be easier to make a beer with dry yeast and not get mixed up in making a starter for your first batch. Just about any American or English style ale can be made with dry yeast. A pale ale would be a great first brew. I highly recomend you use a good quality kit with fresh ingredients. Austin Homebrew and morebeer.com have great kits.

HarkinBanks

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I would second the Williams Brewing starter kit for best bang for your buck. You get a wort chiller and a decent BK to start, along with all the other essentials in a well thought out package. It will get you going with an extract brew on your stovetop very quickly.

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ecojack

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check out http://austinhomebrew.com/

They have really nice start up kits for beginners!

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Primary: Palisade Pale Ale
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FreeM80s

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found this on rebel brewer. they are located in TN so shipping would be fast:
http://www.rebelbrewer.com/shoppingcart/products/Deluxe-Equipment-Kit.html

Swooded

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I've found Midwest to be the best price for the setups offered in all the looking I've done too (the intermediate kit is what I'm looking at for more "long term" investment), but I have not ordered mine quite yet either, so I'll be sure to keep an eye on this thread as well.

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Primary 1: Non More Black Vanilla Stout
Primary 2: Hefeweizen
Primary 3: Edwort's Apfelwein
Bottled
New Castle Brown, Apfelwein Variant, Irish Stout

octo

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ah cool, the kit that comes with the belgian harvest ale sounds like good times. but you can get the upped basic kit and a recipe kit for a little bit less. hm. AND a free michelob glass! hah.

GoatLocker

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ill third on the Williams kit.. Ive been using it for the past 5 brews and love the brew kettle and the wort chiller.. also got a double stout with it

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