I do have a brewing buddy that I split the cost of my equipment with. I do all the brewing, cleaning, bottling, kegging and we split both the cost of all the supplies and equipment and the BEER down the middle. So the cost is really not cheap but not a killer either. Guess I am just going to have to man up and order the Blichann. If it wasnt for our agreement I would probably only be on my 10th batch or so by now. I think we are pretty much all set for equipment. So far I have a complete kegerator with 5 taps another chest freezer from the Sears sale the other day that will be my cold fermenter. I picked up a 14.5 gallon Conical for myself for Christmas . I also got a plate filter, water filter, immersion chiller, refractor, thermapen, aeration kit and stone, 10 gallon igloo for mash, 8 cooler for hot water that will be replaced with my other 9 gallon kettle. And tons of kegs, bottles, carboys, buckets, and all the other stuff. Only things that I would like to upgrade or purchase is some pumps, and a better mill (using small corona now). Anything else I am forgetting?