There are many kits available, covering most styles of beers. See whats available in your local homebrew shop or an online store of your choice.
As for the process, bottling, and conditioning. Have a read through:
http://uk-homebrew.tripod.com/id12.html
Should answer most of your questions!
HELP....
Re: HELP....
Drinking - Young's Harvest Bitter
Conditioning - Coopers Australian Lager
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randomdave
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I dunno how simplistic you want it explaining so ill go for as simple as possible then we can work up from there 
1) Buy your equipment (your local home brew can advise)
2) Choose the kit you want to make. (this would be down to personal taste)
3) SANITIZE your equipment and make the kit. All kits come with pretty simple instructions, just follow em an you will be fine.
4) Take a gravity reading with your hydrometer before adding yeast.
5) Give it at least 10 days to ferment check again with hydrometer for a consistant reading over 24 hours to make sure its ready to bottle.
6) When ready to bottle you will need to PRIME there are a number of ways to do this depending on prefrence.
7) Bottle and cap. Leave the bottles in a warmish place for up to a week in order for carbonation to happen. Then store in a cool place. Ideally you want to leave the bottles to condition for 3-4 weeks before drinking as that will be when they are about ready.
For capping I really would recommend the two handled capper. Its far better than the cheapo "put over cap and tap with hammer" as the cheapo one can break the bottles.
1) Buy your equipment (your local home brew can advise)
2) Choose the kit you want to make. (this would be down to personal taste)
3) SANITIZE your equipment and make the kit. All kits come with pretty simple instructions, just follow em an you will be fine.
4) Take a gravity reading with your hydrometer before adding yeast.
5) Give it at least 10 days to ferment check again with hydrometer for a consistant reading over 24 hours to make sure its ready to bottle.
6) When ready to bottle you will need to PRIME there are a number of ways to do this depending on prefrence.
7) Bottle and cap. Leave the bottles in a warmish place for up to a week in order for carbonation to happen. Then store in a cool place. Ideally you want to leave the bottles to condition for 3-4 weeks before drinking as that will be when they are about ready.
For capping I really would recommend the two handled capper. Its far better than the cheapo "put over cap and tap with hammer" as the cheapo one can break the bottles.
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brysie
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mornin cy
im relatively new to the homebrew lark and i too enjoy a good bottle of lager....but..
if you research how lager came about in the first place, youll find that proper `lagering` from a kit is not so easy to replicate for the home brewer.
lager yeasts work at much lower temperatures than ale yeasts, and take much longer to do their thing, which is why most lager kits come supplied with ale yeasts. keeping a brew at a constant lower temperature that would allow a lager yeast to work properly, is do able but not as simple as putting your fv in a warm place for a week like you can for an ale or bitter. then....
bottle conditioning tends to leave a small amount of sediment in the bottle, and though this isnt a problem,especially if you pour carefully,
you cant really sup from the bottle without getting a cloudy beer after the first swig.
so, get yourself a cheap starter kit [see thread at top of page], have a go and enjoy.
but dont be too disappointed if isnt the same as becks etc.
and lager kits definitely get better the longer you leave them conditioning.
im relatively new to the homebrew lark and i too enjoy a good bottle of lager....but..
if you research how lager came about in the first place, youll find that proper `lagering` from a kit is not so easy to replicate for the home brewer.
lager yeasts work at much lower temperatures than ale yeasts, and take much longer to do their thing, which is why most lager kits come supplied with ale yeasts. keeping a brew at a constant lower temperature that would allow a lager yeast to work properly, is do able but not as simple as putting your fv in a warm place for a week like you can for an ale or bitter. then....
bottle conditioning tends to leave a small amount of sediment in the bottle, and though this isnt a problem,especially if you pour carefully,
you cant really sup from the bottle without getting a cloudy beer after the first swig.
so, get yourself a cheap starter kit [see thread at top of page], have a go and enjoy.
but dont be too disappointed if isnt the same as becks etc.
and lager kits definitely get better the longer you leave them conditioning.