"Cracker66" <rknowles66@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Im a college student looking to save some cash by brewing my own beer.
> I have looked at the Beer Machine, Mr. Beer, and some of the kits at
> Beer4less.com. I was wondering if anybody has any experience with
> these or any other advice. Im looking at something fairly easy but i
> have heard that the beer from those simple home brewers isnt very
> good. any reply's would be appreciated[/color]

Go buy the book, "New Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian
http://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?action=enter&thispage=1155&order_id=!ORDERID!
It shouldn't cost you more than $15.00 an most large booksotres will either
have it or they will be able to get it easily. Then begin looking for a
real setup. I have been told that you can make good beer from the Mr.Beer
et al but it is difficult. Contact your Local Home Brew Shop (LBHS) or
check one of the online stores such as
[url]http://www.northernbrewer.com/starterkits.html[/url] ,
[url]http://www.williamsbrewing.com/[/url] , [url]http://www.morebeer.com/[/url] , etc. A startup
setup should cost you about $50.00 and the initial extract should cost you
about $26.00.