Decisions, decisions

What should I make first? I need to decide so I can start laying in the materials. I won't have enough equipment to lager anything just yet so I'm looking at ales. Using Beer Smith, I have transcribed some good looking recipes from posters at HBT.

From Biermuncher's recipes, I'm thinking about

• Aberdeen Brown Ale - a Newcastle clone
  
• Ode to Arthur Irish Stout - a Guinness clone, but I don't have a stout tap or nitrogen system to serve it with yet
  
• SWMBO Slayer - a Belgian blonde ale - I think Amy might like this
  

I also found a Sweetwater 420 clone recipe called Coldwater 420 courtesy of another HBT poster.

Seeing as how it was Newcastle that got me into this whole thing, I'm thinking brown ale. I'll tweak the recipe for local conditions and call it Geordie Ale.