To bottle or not to bottle.....

[cantona]

I'm off on holiday for a week tomorrow and have a Tooheys lager kit fermenting in the cellar (with a heat belt). The brew was slow to start fermenting (about 3 days in) and as such has only reached 1014 after 9 days (the instructions state that the brew should reach 1006 before bottling).

Being new to home brewing I'm not sure what to do, should I bottle or leave the brew for another week?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thanks for your help.

[chairmanmaw]

Leave it for another week!

The longer you leave it the better. Im also a newbie to this, but thats one of the first things I learned.

Once it reaches its desired SG, it will stay there. Another week should see it good. Ready to bottle when you get back!

Have a nice time!

[cantona]

That's great, thanks for the advice, I'll look forward to it when I get back!