This past weekend I did my first home brew and started with 5 gallons of Bavarian Hefeweizen from Northern Brewer. I did invest in an immersion wort chiller before starting and got a faucet converter from Home Depot so I could hook the wort chiller to the kitchen sink. Overall took maybe 10 mins...
The last few years I've really gotten a taste for smoking bbq and an online forum really helped me out in my beginning stages to get some creative juices flowing. The only issue is drinking the same light beer and limited craft beer at my liquor store for 12 hours waiting for a brisket/pork...