[null and void]

The obvious solution (pun intended) is to take the repitching sample out before the final ethanol concentration is reached.

It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to recognize that a 0.07% solution has got to be less stressful than a Seven-Per-Cent Solution.

(See what I did there?)

[Mariner]

“It doesn’t take a Sherlock Holmes to recognize that a 0.07% solution has got to be less stressful than a Seven-Per-Cent Solution. “

That’s how the cultures are made for home brewers.

The yeast actually grows to its greatest extent over about 48hrs. Once it saturates the brew, conversion to alcohol starts.

Taking a sample somewhere between 24 and 48hrs would provide a robust density of robust yeast.

[MRadtke]

Quite so. True for cocaine AND alcohol...