Brooklyn Brew Shop is the way to go – kit or book
I second the Brooklyn Brew Shop idea. I bought their Beer Making Book and it has 52 fairly simple beer recipes. They are all grain. I've been small batch brewing for some time now and for me, that's the only way to go. I don't want a whole case...
This is my first wine/port kit. (I make beer all the time.) I started this batch October 30. Original gravity was 1.130. For the past 2 weeks it's been 1.028. I fear that it will never get down to 1.015 for chaptalisation. I used a starter with Wyeast Port yeast. Fermentation has been around...