G'day fellas /time in fermenter

[cooperville]

Hey fellas
So I'm on a 5 week on 5 week off roster

And I'm finding it hard to ferment and bottle in the same break

Is there something I'm doing wrong is there some thing I can do ??

So far I brew a beer in week 2 and by week 5 I hve to bottle my beer before I go to work this leaves my beer 3 weeks to ferment
Before I ha e to bottle As i am the only person proficient to bottle
I have. Tight bottling schedule but I know they need to stay in the fermenter for longer for perfection

My question is

How long can i leave. Ferment in in the temp controlled fridge before bottling

I don't have access to kegs as yet but bottling is my option

I listen to BN very day for 3 years. So I know my brewing technique

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[BDawg]

3 weeks in the fermenter is not a big deal. You can relax - nothing bad will happen.

[Ozwald]

In 5 gallon fermenters I've pushed into triple digits. Bit of oxygenation in the buckets, no autolysis flavors. In glass, they were perfectly fine. Even in a bucket, I wouldn't worry about them at all before week 6.

One of these days I'm going to get around to my autolysis experiment. 5 gallon batch in a carboy, I'll start taking samples around 150 days & see how long I can go before getting autolysis based off flavors.

[spiderwrangler]

I've done 3.5 months in my living room during the middle of summer with temps up in the high 80s and been fine. Can't do that with every beer, but I think if you did a batch week 4 (so you're on hand during initial ferment), then let it cruise till you get back, you'd be JUST FINE.

[BDawg]

BTW, if you get another fermenter, you can do 2 at the same time.

[Ozwald]

BTW, if you get another fermenter, you can do 2 at the same time.

That's what I tried telling her, but it just ended with me sleeping on the couch.