how long is too long

[clarkeuk]

having started fermentation of my first all grain brew 9 days ago I noticed it slowing down after 4 days and no bubbles after 6 (although the lid of the fv still bowed out with pressure ) so on the 7 th day took a sg reading of 1.008 and the same reading on day 9 (tonight ) so presume fermentation has stopped .
will I be ok leaving it in the fv for another 4 days (weekend) or do I need to rack it off into a secondary fv or bottle
cheers

 

[Covrich]

YOu could leave it in there another few weeks and it would be fine.. I would leave it now until you are ready to bottle

 

[Niman]

ive just bottled a batch after 4 weeks in primary....

if theres a head of c02 its prob safe

 

[Spapro]

having started fermentation of my first all grain brew 9 days ago I noticed it slowing down after 4 days and no bubbles after 6 (although the lid of the fv still bowed out with pressure ) so on the 7 th day took a sg reading of 1.008 and the same reading on day 9 (tonight ) so presume fermentation has stopped .
will I be ok leaving it in the fv for another 4 days (weekend) or do I need to rack it off into a secondary fv or bottle
cheers

All sounds perfectly normal and at 1.008 its definately done. Worth leaving until the weekend for the yeast to clean up after itself and then bottle.

Having said that I have left beer in the FV for 4 weeks or more (one kit I did took forever to finish fermenting) without any problems.