step by step instruction on how to culture yeast from the bottle?

[Wildrover]

for anybody that has ever been successful at this I'd like some advice on how to do it properly.  I know you have to step it up a little at a time correct?  How long does this take and what general procedure is followed?

I'd like to make a two hearts clone from Belle's and some have suggested culturing the yeast from the bottle for the best results. 

Thanks in advance

WR

[UselessBrewing]

Bottle yeast May/May not be the same as the yeast that the beer was fermented with. Culturing yeast and using bottled yeast as a starter are different. I just started culturing yeast and for $50 I can now save any yeast for up to a year with no ill effects.

What I have done in the past for using bottled yeast as a starter:
Make a small starter (1qt) of 1.040 and chill as normal. Take two bottles of the beer. Spray them with StarSan. Open them. Flame the opening (Hint: Get yourself one of those wind resistant Lighters, they work great for this). Pour the beer out into two glasses (for medicinal purposes) leaving about 1" of beer/yeast. Swirl the bottles then add to the starter as normal. This will give you enough yeast to make a larger starter of 2q.

Don't forget to drink the two glasses of Beer...  

If you are interested in culturing yeast, here is some good Info. Darin helped me allot with my project, however I have not seen him on in a long time.
http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php?topic=2291.0
http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php?topic=657.0
http://www.beersmith.com/forum/index.php?topic=2365.0

Cheers
Preston

[ChuckE]

Here's a link you may find helpful.

[Wildrover]

You're right harvesting is different from culturing.  I'll try it and let you know how it turns out

[CR]

here ya go

http://brewery.org/brewery/library/YeacultBL.html
http://brewery.org/brewery/library/yeast_arf.html
http://brewery.org/brewery/library/mashtun/kleyn.html
http://brewery.org/brewery/library/yeast-faq.html

Original source:
http://brewery.org/library/
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