What's the best temp for the secondary?

[EdWort]

How cool should I go for secondary on ales? This would be after 10 days in the primary at around 67 t0 70 degrees. Thanks.

Ed

 

[disaffected]

For me it's 72 to 78 because that is all I'm capable of delivering right now. That's probably not ideal, but I don't have any way of providing a micro-envirnoment specifically for my beer. It is conditioned at the ambient temperature of my house.

 

[Beer Snob]

I've got mine at room temp.... around 70 - 72

 

[AdIn]

But would it make any sense to chill it down say to 50F for a day or 2 before bottling? Just to clear up a bit.

 

[SpyFox]

If you want to cool it down, i.e. cold-condition, it will take more than a day or two to have any real effect; more like two or three weeks minimum.

If you will be bottling and secondary will be in a carboy, then I would secondary an ale at the same temperature as the primary. If you keg, I would skip the seconday carboy and go straight to cold-conditioning in a keg.