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You need a bigger pot and mash tun

That is all in your mind, modern cans don't add anything to the flavor, back in the days of tin cans there was a difference. It is the can that gets you... there is no difference when you drink it from a glass and I'll challenge anyone to do the taste test.

I clean with scented Oxyclean.. it is not no rinse and I have never had the smell not easily wash off with a normal rinse. If the smell stays on glass you didn't rinse it well enough to begin with

Maryland they swap them also, just take it to a welding/gas shop and swap it out. I brought them a nice red Coke tank with stamps and stickers still on it and swapped it for a nice clean silver one full of gas. Unless you need your tank to be pretty why bother with hydro testing they give you a...

I started using one for pellets a year ago, found better flow, chiller never clogs, less wort left behind in the pot, cleaner siphoning to the secondary, and most importantly much faster easier clean up.. other than that no reason. I don't use it for leaf hops.

None, except how you ferment and age it. There are some good lagering posts in the forum, run a search and you will get plenty of reading material. Not rocket science, Lagers are more about patience and having the temp controlled place to ferment and store it.

Hard to say about how much, that depends on how much you drink.

Did you post the recipe?

I have some that are two years old and still green and fresh looking.. You just have to keep in mind they lose potency over time so after a while you need to adjust for that.

I believe AHS started as a local shop and remains a good one (I have been told)

The sad thing was I hadn't started drinking yet :(

up to a grand? is that even worth your time?

really? Corn in a Nukie clone? eeeewwww

So there I was putting my HLT on the stand to start my sparge with 200degree water.. The hose popped out as I was hooking it up sending a stream of near boiling water down my side from armpit to waist. I was wearing flip flops (don't worry my feet are fine) I do however, have a line of blisters...

5-6 hours includes prep and cleanup(I mash 90 min and fly sparge)

I did the same thing with a rubber grommet on my first batch and stuck my arm (washed with Dial antibacterial soap) into the bucket to retrieve it, it came out fine... I have also while sampling during brewing, pushed stoppers in, used another and let it sit in the wort.. nothing bad happened...

While convection plays no role in actually chilling , it does in how the wort sits in the kettle, so it will in fact be hotter at the top since the warmer liquid will rise. Why must he be stirring?

Not necessarily weak. Using extract you can usually assume you got very near the recipe OG.

I use flaked rice all the time (my favorite adjunct for lighter Ales and Lagers). Caramelization in a light beer can cause a cooked Marshmallow flavor or it could be the yeast. Like Ales, Lagers have no set fermentation time. How long are you giving the yeast before chilling to 52? are you cold...

The grain should still be good, unless there is enough sauce to color the mash you won't taste it, and boiling it will kill off anything the dog drool may have left behind.