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The last two beers I have brewed have lacked on hops. Bitterness, flavor and aroma, there really isn't too much of anything. The two recipes I have used are: Founders Porter: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/any-founders-porter-clone-recipes-info-160119/ Jamil Moose Drool...

Looks like mine does after I wash!

If I were spending over $200 dollars on a kettle / false bottom setup I would want it to fit together perfectly.

Looks promising, keep posting pics as you get it together!

Its fine to use, maybe should have covered it if it was out that long but you should be ok. No rinse works fine I use StarSan as my sanitizer.

Either way works fine, keeping it in the fridge does nothing to the gas. It basically comes down to where you have room and can access the tank.

I have a square and a manifold, cause I had a spare square cooler. It works great and I can do 5 and 10 gallon batches.

Rye IPA is a great beer to have in the spring!

If you chill in your brew pot then transfer to your fermenter you can leave a good amount of hops and trub behind in your brew kettle.

x2 on homebrewtastic get an 8 gallon pot or you will need to get another one later

You should be able to calibrate the thermometer, have you taken readings of boiling water? I usually calibrate at boiling (because its closer to mashing temp) and check accuracy with freezing. If you are brewing your first batch AG you should be ok with a thermometer. I probably wont be...

No you are fine, what was the og supposed to be?

Just let it go! Sounds like its on track, might be a little low in alcohol percentage but nothing you can do about that now. I am sure it will turn out fine!

Yup as long as you cap it correctly.

Beer Gun! It sounds awesome and it is!

Any thoughts on heating the copper with a torch or in the oven a bit before tying to bend it?

What temp are you fermenting at? I would think even if you mashed at 162 you should get down below 1.042. Maybe try and make a good starter and rerack then pitch again?

I usually dont make starters, however I need to make one for this weekend. Can I use dry extract that is about a year old to make the starter? I would never use something that old to make a batch with but for a starter I think I might be ok.

Are these available for $20 online?

By purging do you mean mashing? I mash with 1 or 1.25 quarts per lb. Add that amount of water up and figure 0.1 gallons water is lost by absorption for each lb of grain. Then sparge with the amount that will give you the correct preboil volume.