Michael Lawson wrote:

I agree with the others as to the details, but as a
fellow homebrewer who went from homebrewing
to using winemaking kits, it is definitely easier
to use winemaking kits. In a way, I'd recommend
that path first, since that religious fanaticism
towards sanitation that homebrewers have serves
you well when you go into home winemaking.

--Mike L.

Really? You feel that using an extract kit for beer is harder than
using a winemaking kit? I'm curious why you feel this way. What do you
find difficult in the beer kit?

Andy