Five week fermenting

[Hayzer]

Time got away from me and I have had a wheat beer in the BD fermenter for five weeks. The temperature has maintaned 66-67 degrees the whole time.

Am I wasting my time bottling this? What has happened, if anything, to this batch?

Thanks for the help!

[Kealia]

You are fine. With enough reading you will hear about things like "autolysis" but it's not really an issue on the homebrewing scale.
Especially with the temps you mentioned, you should be just fine.

Take a small sip before bottling to confirm and set your mind at ease.

[FrozenInTime]

I would keg it.

[bpgreen]

Life gets in the way sometimes. I've had several batches in the fermenter for 5 weeks. They turned out fine.

[mashani]

It's fine, I had stuff in the BD fermenters for 6+ weeks that turned out great.

[Hayzer]

That's awesome! Thanks for the good news. I'll be bottling tomorrow.