help, new to brewing

[Lee G]

hello, i have just started homebrewing and i need some advice about my 1st beer, its a geordie scottish export and it has been fermenting for 10 days now with the hydrometer reading 1.010, the readings have not changed much for the last 3 days but the instructions say the reading should get down to below 1.005 for 2 days, is it taking so long because the temperature where i keep it is at the bottom end of the scale 18-19c, their is still a head on the brew and bubbles in the sample of beer i take out so is it still ok to leave it longer
thanks
Lee

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Don't worry if you don't get down to 1.005 as it probably won't go that low especially if you added spray malt or beer enhancer (which is 50% spray malt). The important thing is that the reading is the same on 2 consecutive days.

[Lee G]

so if its still the same reading tomorrow should i transfere it to the barrel even if it still has a head on and bubbles rising

[Benson_JV]

If the hydrometer gives you the say in two consecutive days, it means no more fermentation is present, and thus bottle safe.

Edit: Keg safe, didn't read properly