Fermenting for too long?

I made a wheat beer and for various reasons I could not bottle at the 3 week mark like I wanted.

It has now been fermenting for 58 days (8 weeks). Is it ruined? Should I bottle and hope for the best? Any input is appreciated, thanks everyone!

 

Unless it has something growing on top, bottle it.

 

What he said. Unless it looks like one of these, it's fine.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=71400

 

Have you tasted it? As the saying goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating (or drinking in this case).

 

No, not yet. It looks pretty normal at the top. Nothing weird or anything, I'll just wait till tomorrow to taste it before bottling. Thanks for the help!

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Well I've sure never waited 8 weeks to bottle but if it looks and tastes ok, why not try it? The longest I've went was 4 weeks on a 1.080 IPA. I rarely brew high gravity beers though, mostly in the high 40's-50's on which I normally do 2-3 weeks.

 

Beer looks good. Rack and bottle. There should still be a good layer of Co2 in the carboy so dont worry about oxidation issues.

 

Though I usually only brew IPA'S amd not wheats I don't think 8 weeks is anything to crazy. With how good the strains of yeast are for home brewing you really don't have to worry about the same things you did 10-15 years ago. The yeast now is almost designed to keep cleaning up after itself over and over, now I'm not saying ferment for a year but I would feel comfortable at 8 weeks.