I am on a very tight budget these days so I have been trying to homebrew enough that I don't have to buy beer anymore. I already have plenty of grain and hops but money is especially tight this month so I would like to avoid buying fresh yeast this time and reuse some from my last brew. I have plenty of bottles which have not been refrigerated since bottle conditioning, I was wondering if I could pour half of a bottle or maybe half of two bottles into a glass so I'm not wasting beer and then twirl the remaining beer at the bottom of the bottle to make a slurry and put that into the chilled wort in the fermenter?
If that isn't a good idea what about pouring most of the beer out of the bottle and replacing it with a boiled (and cooled) corn sugar solution and putting an air lock on the bottle and wait until I have it actively fermenting before I brew and pitch that?
If that isn't a good idea what about pouring most of the beer out of the bottle and replacing it with a boiled (and cooled) corn sugar solution and putting an air lock on the bottle and wait until I have it actively fermenting before I brew and pitch that?