Once you've got the Starter Kit, next time around you can just buy one of the seventeen different refills. That's a choice of seventeen different beers.
The Starter kit makes 10 litres, or about 17.5 pints and each refill will let you make the same again, so the more you brew, the more you save!
DIY Beer, on a beermat
If you're buying as a gift and feeling really generous then why not buy the lucky brewer a refill too?
Why DIY Beer?
It's much easier than you think; what used to be a black art practised by bearded men in pull-overs is now open to all, and every time you brew you save money; beard and pull-over optional.
No funny smells, well, we can't speak for you, but the beer is brewed in a sealed container. So no complaints from the 'missus' about its smell.