Since I always get less than 5 gallons, I'm going for 6. Especially since I am going to dry hop with 2 oz of hops. That's going to suck up a lot of beer. Started boil with 6.5 gallons.5/19: Made a starter for the yeast with 1.25 pounds of DME in 1 Qt of H20.5/20: Starter going ... unfortunately, homebrew shop is closed today ... sucks5/21: Birthday ... went to homebrew shop, but not brewing today.5/22: Brew day ... just did the old school steep by dropping the pound of grain in the water and turned on the burners. Drained when hit 200 degrees. Added LME and DME. Started boil.5/27: Fermentation has been going well. Airlock bubbling every 8 seconds or so. Will transfer either today or tomorrow.5/28: Gravity: 1.016. Transferred to secondary. Boiled another nylon grain bag, and shoved two oz of Cascades into it. Crammed it down the neck of the carboy. Will be a PITA to get out later. Transferred the beer. Used racking cane to push the hop bag down into the beer. Taste: juicy, still sweet, good lingering bitter, citrus, realizing that a dryer, less fruity yeast might accentuate the hop bitter a bit more. Still, very very good so far.