In reply to Ramblin dave:
Haven't brewed for a couple of years since moving house. I really must get around to putting an outside tap in for cleaning buckets and pots.
I've done a bit of everything, kits, malt syrup grain and hops and an all grain effort that was a lot of work for mediocre results. Mostly I make drinking beer, hoppy mild, pale ale and occasionally something more interesting. I think my best was a cherry imperial stout.
My kit is very much cobbled together: a big stock pot, some buckets, a cheap plastic carboy, straining bag, some pipe from work as a heat exchanger. The only decent kit I have is the bottle capper because I hate breaking full bottles after the work I've put into them.
jk