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Well, I had posted some recently about wanting to get a kit. I ended up getting a kit from Midwest, but I got the kit with the bucket primary/better bottle secondary (as opposed to better bottles for both). I also got a turkey fryer from walmart, which was delivered on Friday of last week. I had...

Just to be up to date, I ended up ordering a kit from Midwest last night and a turkey fryer, so I'll be brewing soon. Probably not this weekend due to shipping, etc. but that will give me time to get the remaining items locally. I went with the Midwest kit for $80, as I figured I can start of...

I hadn't thought about the cleaner vs. sanitizer part, thanks for the heads up. I will then use the stuff they put in the kit and add a sanitizer to my list of things to get. I'm just going to get a pale ale kit from Midwest for my first one, possibly the Sierra Nevada clone, to get one done...

I had looked at some of the Austin kits, but I soon became overwhelmed with my choices out there. I decided that for my first one I would get one from Midwest, then after that I can shop around some to see who has what styles. I will try Austin once I get past the first one, though. Speaking of...

My plan is on getting the kit with the Better Bottles. I figure that once I go through the process once or twice there will be plenty of recipes I want to try. Maybe one that needs to sit for a much longer period of time, so I could get another secondary. I also liked that they offered the...

Thanks for the info so far. I'll check for a larger pot, as $79 really isn't that much more and will be better for future needs. I looked again and the kit says it comes with 8oz. of Easy Clean no rinse cleaner. Will that be as good as Starsan/Iodaphor? (Their site says the Iodaphor is no longer...

So, I've been wanting to get into brewing. I've done lots of reading and taking notes. It's now time to pull the trigger and get the equipment and try to brew a batch. I'd like to get feedback on the list of things I am going to get, in case I have forgotten anything or just need to change...