I am reading through information on harvesting commercial yeast from bottles, and also looking through "Slanting yeast":
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/slanting-yeast-133103/
There is always talk of doing several stages of yeast starter. For example, the above talks about a 1 cup starter for a day or two, then a 1 liter starter. Is there any reason to do this in two steps, as opposed to dropping the yeast colony in a 1 liter starter to begin with?
For that matter, what happens if you put a very small (but viable) yeast colony into 5 gallons of wort? What would prevent that yeast colony from propagating and fully fermenting the 5 gallons, albeit over a longer period of time?
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/slanting-yeast-133103/
There is always talk of doing several stages of yeast starter. For example, the above talks about a 1 cup starter for a day or two, then a 1 liter starter. Is there any reason to do this in two steps, as opposed to dropping the yeast colony in a 1 liter starter to begin with?
For that matter, what happens if you put a very small (but viable) yeast colony into 5 gallons of wort? What would prevent that yeast colony from propagating and fully fermenting the 5 gallons, albeit over a longer period of time?