Any low tolerance yeasts? 5-10% alcohol

[Upstate12866]

I am interested in creating a sweet wine or hooch by pushing yeast past its alcohol tolerance so that some sugars are left unfermented. I do not want to make something that is 15-20% alcohol if I can help it. Are there any yeast strains that crap out around 5-10%? Ideally something fairly neutral if possible? I will be applying it to juices and sweet tea. The lower the abv, the better.

 

[Golddiggie]

Look at the Wyeast sweet mead yeast strain. It will leave some sweet behind (2-3% sugars) even if you don't go to it's tolerance level. I've used it in cider batches that went to about 6% ABV and had a light sweet finish to them. I plan to use that yeast in my next batch of mead (probably no more than 10% ABV target).
https://wyeastlab.com/yeast-strain/sweet-mead

 

[dmtaylor]

Nottingham craps out at 9% in the experience of myself and my local club members (a few years ago we all brewed the same recipe to put into a big barrel, with Notty).

And you may get even better results from other English ale strains such as Windsor or WLP002, etc., they don't like to attenuate anything very highly.

 

[Upstate12866]

Thanks for those tips!