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Patience, grasshopper! Let it go the full 14 days. Fermentation will be done in max. 7 but the beer improves with time.... Buckets are cheap, if you need another fermentor....I had planned on waiting a full 14 days to take a FG reading and bottle in order to lose less beer to my hydrometer. Would it be worth it to check it at 7-10 days instead? Normally wouldn't be trying to rush it but bottling early would mean having an empty fermenter just as I start my vacation and have more ample time to brew...
A refractometer and correction software (a correction calculator is available here) eliminate that problem. Unfortunately, I think that approach has also released a ton of green beer on unwitting homebrewers. Give the yeast a chance to complete their work, your beer will be much better for it....