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