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After secondary you'll want to bottle it according to the instructions.
If you drink it right from secondary it will be pretty flat.
If you are doing small batch kits then I would look to doing partial volume 5 gallon batches.
after that move up to a larger kettle with a outdoor burner and do full volume boils
After that comes allgrain
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All grain and larger, outdoor gear depends on preference. I went to a keg system even while doing 5 gal stove top batches and even before going all-grain just because I just flat out hate bottling. I've never had a bad batch (knock on nearest wood) but just hate the bottling process and prefer draft anyway, even from a growler. A member here before we had a home brew forum was showing his latest recipe and I saw the keg and ran to the home brew store the next day. A couple of 5 gal kegs and CO2 system was worth the $, and I've never regretted it.
Outdoor burners made my wife infinitely happier though. She hates beer and she tolerated the indoor brewing aroma for me, but now when I say I am going to stay up late running a batch she smiles instead of winces.