American Bitter

Coming back to the basics after a bit of some crazy beers, I decided to make something simple, low alcohol and hoppy to have on tap for the last months of hot weather. Since I've made so few English style beers, I thought it would be one to tackle. I aimed for a low gravity bitter, between a Standard/Ordinary and a Special, but with all American hops as I'm not a huge fan of English hops. I intended on using all Centennial but noticed I didn't have quite enough, so I used up the remainder of my Amarillos from the Gumballhead brew. In this beer, it'll also be my first opportunity to hop in the keg, so any advice on that procedure will be greatly appreciated.
Recipe:

	Stats OG 1.046 FG 1.010 IBU 34 ABV 4.7% SRM 10	Specifics Boil Volume 7.5 gallons Batch Size 5.5 gallons Yeast 77% AA Wyeast 1275

Fermentables

% Weight	Weight (lbs)	Grain	Gravity Points	Color
91.4 %	8.00	British Two-row Pale	39.8	3.6
5.7 %	0.50	American Crystal 120L	2.2	10.9
2.9 %	0.25	American Special Roast	1.1	1.8
	8.75		43.0

Hops

% Wt	Weight (oz)	Hop	Form	AA%	AAU	Boil Time	Utilization	IBU
14.3 %	0.75	Amarillo	Whole/Plug	9.2	6.9	60	0.272	24.8
9.5 %	0.50	Amarillo	Whole/Plug	9.2	4.6	10	0.099	6.0
19.0 %	0.50	Amarillo	Whole/Plug	9.2	9.2	5	0.054	3.3
19.0 %	1.00	Amarillo	Whole/Plug	9.2	9.2	0	0.000	0.0
19.0 %	1.25	Amarillo	Whole/Plug	9.2	9.2	DH	0.000	0.0
19.0 %	1.75	Centennial	Whole/Plug	10.5	10.5	DH	0.000	0.0
	5.25							34.1

7/29/09: Brewed today, rather quickly. I built up just a 1L starter the night before and the yeast finally showed big activity the afternoon after. I got tired of running my chiller for such a long time ran off the wort, oxygenated (likely too high in temp. but we'll see if there's an effect), and stuck the carboy in cool water. Once it was down to about 75 degrees I pitched the yeast. Lag time was pretty short, and now it's producing just the most amazing krausen: full of huge bubbles reaching to nearly the top of the carboy. Efficiency was nearly a consistent 72%, but I was a bit low on volume, I think only about 5.25 gallons into the carboy.
8/12/09: First sample taken. Gravity is at 1.010. Flavor was really thin and lacked the Amarillo punch I hoped for. I also tasted a bit of vegetalness. I'm hoping it will dissipate and that keg hopping with help give it the hoppiness I want.
8/19/09: Kegged her up after the Gose kicked. Didn't take a gravity reading so I'll assume somewhere around 1.009-1.010. I increased the amount of keg hops to account for its lack of hoppiness. I had a cask pint of Victory's Uncle Teddy's Bitter a couple days ago and it was amazing. I hope this one turns out half as good. I think I'll give it a bit more time before I start ramping up the PSI to let the hops settle and meld in. I used a snipped piece of panty hose for the whole hops.