First brew after Mr. Beer with new brewing equipment!

Not saying you should stay away from fruit beers, but how about a basic brown, amber or pale ale? You'll use traditional brewing ingredients only, can play with the hop schedule/type a little bit, and would introduce your friends to something other than fruit beer.

 

you can try different styles that have fruitier notes to them but don't necessarily contain fruit. look into some belgian styles, as i'm sure you can find a kit that's really straightforward but also tastes fruity. then again, fruit beers aren't really my style, so i can't say that a blueberry wheat would be too difficult. i'm sure if you're careful you can pull it off.

 

I don't see why a blueberry beer won't work for a first batch. It is a simple enough recipe.

6# Wheat DME
20 IBUs of a bittering hop @ 60
Ferment with 1056 / 1272 / 001 / US-05 at ~62F
OG: 1.050

After 1 week of primary fermentation add puréed frozen/canned blueberries (personally never done it, so maybe someone wants to make a suggestion here as to the amount per gallon - normally fruit beers are in the 1-3#/gal range).

Let sit 2 more weeks. Bottle when gravity readings are stable.

From what I have read blueberries will leave a fairly bitter flavour though as their residual sugar will ferment out, so that could be the tough part to figure out, how to achieve the right balance. And as others suggest above, other beer styles will be more conducive to hiding off flavours, but you should make what you want to drink too.

 

The Brewer's Best kits are easy to follow. You can start with a lesser expensive kit to get the hang of it. The Scottish ale I made was in the low $30s and turned out really well.

 

Blueberry is not considered one of the better fruits to use if you're looking for its flavor contribution.

BeerSmith has a two-part series on brewing with fruit you may find useful.
http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2010/04/02/brewing-fruit-beers-at-home-part-1-of-2/