Originally Posted by suesheboy

A cheap kit that works is Mr Beer but find a home brew local supplier and go there.

Cheap and works great are the fermentation 5 gallon buckets that are easy to clean. Proper cleaning and sanitation is more important than anything for a good taste. Next is the ingredients including water.

Some home brew stores even have classes.

The sweet spot is if you can make 5 gallons at a time. Less than that you have issues with ingredients being partially used and they can get contaminated before the next batch is made (unless you do everything from scratch).