How long should you ferment a American Pale Ale?

[Darren Andrews (Daza)]

Hey guys seems there is a bit of a debate going on here about the waiting for fermentation period of an APA. I believe it is 4 weeks then bottle for 2 to 3 weeks for carbonation and conditioning. What are your thoughts please??? The recipe I got from  Brewshop said 6 weeks from brewing to bottle ready.

[Darren Andrews (Daza)]

Is it worth using a gelatine to my plastic fermenter? I didn't last time and man it came up crystal clear, but it was fermenting or rather sitting in my fermenter for 4 weeks and I cold crashed too.