Is seven days too long

[zx7rtas]

I have had my brew in the fermeter for seven days,although it had all but stopped bubbling through the air lock after five days,late on day six it started to bubble slowwly again and is the same today .Should i wait for it to stop bubbling completely before bottling.

[chadjaja]

Forget watching the airlock. All it tells you is that CO2 is present in your fermenter nothing else.

If you have a hydrometer use that and check the gravity. When its the same over a 2-3 day period you are right to bottle. Better yet just leave most of your beers in the fermenter for two weeks and then bottle. Although I'd say if you think it was done after 5 days your temp was pretty high.

Try to keep your temps low and stable and for most kit beers that use an ale yeast thats 18-22 degrees if you can. There are plenty of how to sticky threads on the forum here for you to look at and learn.

[Bizier]

I usually go the full 14 days, because there are other things besides fermentable sugars that the yeast clean up. You will also get clearer beer because you are giving it more time to settle out. I went back to some early beers I made, and they had so much more sediment in them than I get now. So unless you are in a mad rush to get the booze into your blood, just let it sit tight.

[Gym_]

Ive let beer sit in primary over a month ..
as long as it is out of the sun and no air can get into it .. it will last