Hey guys,
I brewed up a Lagunitas Clone 5 days ago. OG was 1.088 (supposed to be 1.099). I actually reused the whole yeast slurry (WLP002) from a previous beer (1.055), and even reused the carboy. I know my sanitation was really good. A few hours before i brewed the brown shugga I dumped 2 liters of wort onto the slurry to wake them up from being in the fridge for a few days. So anyway, it took off fermenting within an hour, and checked my gravity after three days and it was at 1.018 with an occasional bubble. I didn't think it would have gone so fast, so i hurried up and threw my dry hops in. Now at 5 days I'm still at 1.018, grabbed a taste and it has a little butter in it. I am planning on raising the temp a little and making sure there is a little yeast in suspension to clean that up. Any thoughts or opinions on this? Did this ferment so fast due to a massive overpitch by resuing a whole yeast slurry? (i transferred clean wort to the carboy each time, no trub or anything.) The beer has a great smell and i tasted it and other than the butter, tastes clean. Is there any reason to leave this on the yeast for another week? Or since the yeast was reused, should i get it off of the yeast faster? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks