Delaying bottling

[ushills]

Hi, first batch of Coopers English Bitter in the FV, OG was 1044 and its now at 1013 after 7 days.

I intended to leave it for 14 days with the final 2 days in a cooler place, will this be okay to leave in the FV for this period or am I better bottling after say 10 days. I'm concerned that the CO2 layer may disappear once fermentation has stopped (I'm using the new coopers FV)

 

[PD]

It would be better if you could rack it off to a clean vessel and leave cool for a few days off all the dead yeasts etc.
Have you taken the krausen ring off and just put the lid back on ?

 

[ushills]

Unfortunately no secondary FV, but Krausen removed after 4 days when it had died down.

Beer in FV still has some carbonation, should it be flat before bottling?

 

[bottler]

Give it another few days, even 14 days is not strange by any means . If the readings are steady for 2 or 3 days , id bottle :thumb: