Racking my California Common

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BrewDawgie

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Apologies if this has been covered somewhere else, I haven't found it. I just finished racking my California Common(5 gallon batch) to a secondary glass carboy. Now I understand that california commons are basically lagers allowed to ferment at ale temps, primary went fine and I racked after 7 days, my question is this ; Since primary fermentation is through should I lower the temperature back down to typical lager style temperature or maintain the same temperature (70 degrees right now) straight through till bottling?"
 
You can do either.

dropping the temp will mean it will take longer to condition.
I'm guessing the normal way for the style is to not drop it.
I would drop it a bit if possible but not down too much.
 
At this point continue at the 70F. I would recommend brewing it cooler next time - lower 60's would be the recommended range for the CC yeast.

GT
 
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