Good news, yesterday I just finished bottling my first batch of beer.  I got a kit for Red Ale, easy to follow instructions.  I let my house get cold one of the days that it was fermenting, and I think my yeast had issues because of this.  The Alcohol percentage will be low because of this.  I hope that the sugar I added to the bottles to create carbination will still work.  Overall the beer smelled and looked like red ale after a week of fermentation.  In 2 weeks I will take a bottle out and give it a try.