Ok, so I took an interest in home brewing just recently and want to get started as soon as possible and as inexpensive as possible for my first brew. I have looked at plenty of the brewing kits offered online and it seems that most of the fermenters shown can be built very easily. Is it ok to just use a 5 gallon bucket (ex. pickle bucket) and drill a hole in the lid and insert a nylon barb and run the tubing into the airlock? Also, apart from this website which is by far the best informational site I have found so far on home brewing, what are some other good reading material on home brewing that are available online for beginners like myself?