California Common fermentation temp?

[iowabrewer]

Hello everyone! I am a homebrewer that has been at this great hobby for about 7 years. I have a question about my first (yes, first) batch of beer using a lager yeast. Is there a good temp to let a cali common beer ferment either in the primary or secondary? Should those temps differ at all? I have had my beer in the primary for a week now and it is about time to move it over to glass and let it finish. Thanks for your help and I look forward to your comments.

Flip

[steveh]

I just happen to have my copy of "Brewing the World's Greatest Beers" by Dave Miller with me (formulating a recipe). There are 3 different recipes for CC in his book; The first has pitching and fermentation temperature at 60-65 F. It then says to store one week at room temp, then 4 weeks at temps as cool as possible without freezing. The second recipe says pitching and fermentation temperature at 62-68 F. and to store 1 week at fermentation temp, then 4 weeks at temps as cool as possible without freezing. The third recipe has just about the same instructions, but tacks an extra week onto the secondary, cold storage time.

Hope that helps!

Steve