How long does active fermentation last in a wheat beer kit?

[BeerMe]

The bowl for my blow-off tube has been bubbling away regularly for the past 24 hours. It sounds like an absolute racket when our wee flat is quiet

How long does this phase of the fermentation usually last, and how long after it starts to settle should I begin taking gravity readings? I've heard wildly conflicting times, anything from 3-5 days (wheat beer-specific?) to the full 2 weeks for fermentation to be considered finished.

I was planning on taking readings from around day 8 and every 2 days thereafter, til I have 2 same readings. Should I stick with that plan?

 

[darkbright]

Personally I would just leave it for two weeks and then check for every couple of days after that. Your plan of 8 is not a bad one, especially for a wheat beer, if you want it bottled/kegged sooner than that. A lot of it depends on temperature, amount of yeast and SG. The yeast still has lots of stuff to do even after the initial period of booze creation.

 

[Slid]

I would leave it 2 weeks myself. If you bottle and carbonate, it will be pretty much fine at 4 weeks.
Wheat beers are very quick to be ready to drink, so certain type of person might start after only a single week in the bottle

 

[dwhite60]

Give it two weeks. It'll settle down in a couple more days if it was a standard gravity like 1.045 to 1.060.