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Yeah, let him do it. Some people are destined to be bad examples for the rest of us.

Replace the water you use for priming with the samples you took. Just boil it with your priming sugar like normal. That way you are not adding tasteless water to your beer and your not wasting beer.

Wow, I wanna be on your wife's Christmas list next year.

Look up the thread "we don't need no stinking beer gun." I think that's what its called.

No it would not be completely flat. Your beer has CO2 in it from the fermentation. That's why you just can't throw sugar in it. Google "priming sugar calculator" or "carbonation calculator" to get the exact amount you'll need. You need to know how many volumes you want (google that too), what...

Welcome to the gang.

First, I wouldn't carbonate above 3 volumes in standard bottles. They are too thin and can explode. Second, why not use table sugar? It doesn't add anything and you probably have enough of it on hand.

Yeah, it should be fine. At worst, it might taste a little watery.

The one thing I would add is pick a beer you like that is kinda fool proof. If you take on something really challenging and it doesn't work out, you might get discouraged.

I would keep the temp of the wort no higher then 67. Remember you want to measure the temp of the wort not the air temp around it. Fermentation can cause the wort to be 5 - 10 degrees higher then air temp.

go to ebay and look for temperature controllers. You need a two temp controller, hot and cold. They go for about twenty bucks plus shipping. There is an article in BYO magazine from Dec or Jan? about how to wire it up. Its not hard. You'll also need a frig to put it in. If that's a little out...

Go ahead and use a plain blue water bottle. Its food grade plastic just like a bucket and yes it will let in O2 but unless you plan on aging the beer for a few months, it won't be a concern. Water companies are starting to use PET bottles for water bottles. They are a darker blue and have an...

I use paint strainer bags in a 5 gallon igloo water cooler. When I drain and sparge, I pull the bag up and hold it open with spring clamps pinched on the handles. Works good.

I think that's a fair question. You don't need to soak bottles in starsan for days to sanitize them. I didn't realize they would take off labels. I figured PBW would do that.

Why are you soaking bottles in starsan? Shouldn't you be soaking them in PBW?

Leave the thermostat alone. Whether you are using it for a kegarator or a fermentation chamber, you want it turned down to as cold as possible. You don't need an external temp control for a kegarator. And if you are using it for fermentation, then you just plug the frig into it. Maybe you...

Why don't you make smaller batches until you get a bigger carboy?

I would just leave it alone. Do it the next time by the book and then a third time to tweak it. Then you will have three samples to compare instead of two; i.e. more beer to drink. Just pay attention to how much beer is in your bottling bucket before you prime it with sugar. This way you can...

The problem with using a big pot with BIAB is holding the bag open while you mash in. If the bag will fit over the edges of the pot and rest on the bottom, then you don't have too many problems. If the pot is too big then you have to wrangle with the bag while trying to mash in. So you can buy...

5 weeks is okay. 2 weeks in the fermentor and the put in bottles til you need them.