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+ 10 gallons of Mandarina APA = 17,410 gallons

14503.75 gallons + 10 gallons of Orange Dream Pale Ale + 10 gallons of Amarillo Pale Ale = 14523.75 gallons

12,075.5 + 10 gallons of Rye Best Better = 12,085.5

11,668 gallons + 10 gallons of Mosaic Pale Ale = 11,678

10912.5 + 10 gallons of Cream Ale = 10922.5 gallons

+ 10 gallons of Cascade Pale Ale = 9753.5 gallons

+ 10 gallons of Amarillo Pale Ale = 8254

+ 10 gallons of American Rye = 7568 gallons

Even when I was first starting I never bought kits. I found recipes in books or online and adapted to what I liked. It's very easy to do. As for pricing, I looked at Northern Brewer's web site for a simple ale along the lines of what you were asking about. They have a SMaSH recipe that sounds...

When I go back to the top of this page and add things up I get 7117.5 just before me. +10 gallons of Citra pale ale = 7127.5

5402 gallons + 10 gallons of 805 clone = 5412 gallons

3092 gallons + 10 gallons of Bullwinkle Brown = 3102 gallons

2510 gallons + 10 gallons of Falconer's Flight APA = 2520 gallons

I have, as well as using the Mr. Beer LBK (2 1/8 gallons) with my own recipes. For scaling a 5-gallon recipe down to 3 gallons I just multiplied the grain and hops by 3/5. It doesn't hurt to run the answers through a brewing calculator.

I would also suggest simple to start. An extract pale ale is hard to beat for this. A few pounds of LME and/or DME, a couple of ounces of hops and a packet of US-05 will make a fine first beer.