[denny]

Sounds good.  Thanks for the advice.  I have never done one of those tests before but basically sounds like I just draw off some wort, add a bunch of yeast (any particular type?), stick it on a stir plate and see what it drops to?  Safe assumption to go with maybe a more attenuating strain (US05-have some lying around) and if I do get a few points out of it, pitch the same into the remaining beer?

Don't even really need a stir plate.  Just add a buttlaod of any yeast (even bread yeast) and keep it warm.

[majorvices]

Mason jars work great for fast ferment test. I use US05

[denny]

Mason jars work great for fast ferment test. I use US05

For some reason, seems like I never have 05 around when I do this, but there's always a jar of baking yeast in the fridge.

[majorvices]

Mason jars work great for fast ferment test. I use US05

For some reason, seems like I never have 05 around when I do this, but there's always a jar of baking yeast in the fridge.

Well I usually have a brick or two laying around.

[denny]

Well I usually have a brick or two laying around.

Yeah, you would! 

[Stevie]

Mason jars work great for fast ferment test. I use US05

Keep the lid loose!

[pete b]

Mason jars work great for fast ferment test. I use US05

Keep the lid loose!

Or us the exploding bottle as proof that there are fermentable sugars left in your wort.

[brewinhard]

I don't think that FG number is all that high for your recipe either. Your yeast is done. i bet after you carb it up it will taste great. Now you know how to reformulate your recipe and process for next time you brew this one.

[zwiller]

I don't think that FG number is all that high for your recipe either. Your yeast is done. i bet after you carb it up it will taste great. Now you know how to reformulate your recipe and process for next time you brew this one.

+1  In the end, FG is just a number...   

[HoosierBrew]

I don't think that FG number is all that high for your recipe either. Your yeast is done. i bet after you carb it up it will taste great. Now you know how to reformulate your recipe and process for next time you brew this one.

+1  In the end, FG is just a number...   

+2.  A lot more important is what it tastes like. In spite of all the obsessing we do over numbers, we don't drink them. At least I don't.

[denny]

+2.  A lot more important is what it tastes like. In spite of all the obsessing we do over numbers, we don't drink them. At least I don't.

That makes at least 2 of us!

[Visor]

+2.  A lot more important is what it tastes like. In spite of all the obsessing we do over numbers, we don't drink them. At least I don't.

That makes at least 2 of us!

   Hmmm. That's pretty much how I feel about clarity and color, in the dark I can't taste the difference.