I've just read the 147 posts and six year long discussion, but I still have a question.
I'm (almost) convinced to drop secondary and last longer the primary (up to 4 weeks), and, not to re-activate the "war", I precise that is for me to make my own judgement on the issue.
However, I'd like to do it well, so I'd like to know if when talking about long primary, you kept the temp at the "primary temp" (say 22°C ~71°F in my case) during all the 4 weeks?
I ask because, I mainly racked into secondary until now once FG was reached, and let the beer at a lower temp (12-14°C ~ 54-57°F), and I tought that was the utility of secondary (more than avoiding autolysis or similar), and probably what led to different results with secondary than with long primary. I've heard that cooler temp (even far from cold crashing) in secondary makes better / clearer beers. Is this also questionable?
Can I let my beer in primary at 71°C (room temp + some degree inside the bucket)? Or should I move it into cooler temp even if not racking?
Thanks for learningful debate anyway.
Hez,