Can it wait

[Joshua_1019]

My beer has quit bubbling in the airlock. Gravity is good. I wont be able to bottle the beer for three daya though. Will this be okay?

 

[mongoose33]

It'll be fine.

 

[gnor]

No worry. I had my Pale Ale in the fermentation bucket for 2 months b4 I had time to put it in my keg. It came out perfect.

I'm not saying aging makes it better, I'm emphasizing that if my experience didn't go wrong, you don't need to worry about your delay in bottling.

 

[davidabcd]

It even sounds as if the three days might be just plain wise. "Gravity is good" means you've checked that FG is stable? How many days total in the fermenter including the three days?

 

[Joshua_1019]

It even sounds as if the three days might be just plain wise. "Gravity is good" means you've checked that FG is stable? How many days total in the fermenter including the three days?

The brew has been fermenting a little over 2 weeks. Still haven't bottled scared I should give it more time. The brew looks quite dark for a cream ale in the car boy but when siphoned for gravity test has a straw color.

 

[davidabcd]

The brew has been fermenting a little over 2 weeks. Still haven't bottled scared I should give it more time. The brew looks quite dark for a cream ale in the car boy but when siphoned for gravity test has a straw color.

The true color is a little hard to determine in the carboy, as you noticed. If you're doing extract, late additions of extract is supposed to help achieve a proper color for the style.
To ensure peace of mind, if you haven't already, take a gravity reading (using full sanitation protocol) and then take another two days later. If they are the same, you're good. This advice takes into consideration that you're two weeks in the fermenter.
It's not possible to say a beer is fermented in X days (four or five, for example). It could be done by then but that's what the hydrometer is for.
I'm not recommending what I do, but it works for me, which is three weeks in the primary, take a gravity reading to make sure it's reached the recipe's FG and then bottle.
Some of the more experienced folks can get a crazy-quick turnaround from brew day to glass but it's mostly applicable to those who keg.
I hope this helps.