Jay,
This may be a tad but I just bottled that Blonde Ale Kit this weekend and I cannot wait for it to carb up. I was a little low on the OG (1.036) but it fermented out really low FG 1.004. Smelled and tasted good on bottling day. I'll update when I try my first one.
Ya know I probably didn't munipulate it for an efficency loss. My system is 85-90% if yours is 75% than that would be the reason for that, sorry for that. What yeast did you use?
How do ya like that kettle? It's a tank huh.
Jay