Third week? Wow.
My last batch was the longest one I did, a stout that went about eight days.
Tell ya, the stuff even then was downright evil - very, VERY strong.
But after about six weeks in the bottles man, it was like honey! I still have 4 bottles left and I’m going to put off drinking them as long as I can. So I’ll drink a few Grolschs cause I can always use the bottles, I’m up to about 50 now.
Yeah. The instructions said to ferment in a primary fermenter for two weeks, then move to a secondary to get it off the trub, for two weeks, then two weeks in the bottle to condition. So, after six weeks, I get beer.
Some of the other ingredients kits (extracts) only take four weeks (2 ferment, 2 bottle), some take months.
This is only my third batch with a real homebrew setup. I'm liking it so far. I tried it several years ago with a Mr. Beer, but didn't do something right, and both batches I did tasted bad.
A co-worker got me into it again. He's been homebrewing for at least 15 years.