I've been home brewing beer for 20 years, its a great way to spend a few hours in the kitchen drinking beer :)

The recipe is a solid basic beer recipe.

If you want to up your game, skip the sugar and double the malt, and get a good brewers yeast.

Check out this form:
[link to www.homebrewtalk.com]

The beginners section is great, people are generally friendly to any question.

For brewing supplies I use:
[link to www.austinhomebrew.com]

There are many online homebrew supply shops - this one has flat rate shipping (important for those 50 pound bags of grain), and competitive prices.