Tinned H5GL with AYW

I decided to bake Hamelman's 5 Grain Levain in a tin and mix in some AYW. This was in an attempt to get more oven spring, and prevent sagging sides. I used 20% AYW of total water, and shaped (somewhat unsuccessfully) for a tin. The result was quite pleasing, but I suspect the tin resulted in a slightly gummy crumb, so next time I will remove the loaf and bake free-form for the final 10 minutes. I also used baking spray on the loaf top to prevent the plastic bag from sticking during retard. This resulted in a very dark top crus
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