I was using some yeast, california liquid ale yeast (i was told). I was recycling it quite a few times (6-7 times) and this last time it sat out for 24hrs before i pitched it, waited another 24hrs after pitching and there was no activity, so not wanting to buy a hydrometer i just said screw it and bought some 1056 american ale yeast by wyeast and pitched that after the 3hr wait and within one minute i was having airlock activity. My question is, was the old (california) yeast likely still breeding up and about to start showing activity, or is that just common for those wyest liquid packets to start showing activity right after being pitched? And if not do i have some sort of hybrid bastardized california/american ale yeast now?