Best yeast for 72+ deg

[Joral]

Hello,
Ive been reading about fermentation temp and how temps in the mid 70s can produce higher amounts of fusel alcohols. I just finished a fermentation at 73ish deg and thats what happened, I can taste it. I used tonsa and have pure o2. During the summer, thats the temp I'm stuck with in the house, so its prob almost 80 in the must. Ive read that D47 wont age those out well so I used 71B. Is there a yeast that works better, or will at least age out better at that temp? I read that EC 1118 will age out ok. Has anyone tried that?
Thanks.

 

[Dgallo]

There are many brewers yeast strains that won’t produce fusel at 72+. That being said I don’t know how good they are for brewing mead.

kviek Voss
Kviek Hornindal
(Pretty much every kviek variant)
Imperial A20
Imperial A24 (up to 76-78 safe)
WY1318 (up to 75)
A bunch of Belgian strains

 

[Kyzaboy89]

Personally had good luck with 71b and 1118 in the warm months, room temp being 70-74 all day and night. Recognizing stress and going for high ABV tends to give fusels but nothing that hasn't aged out after a year.

Made a Port strength blackberry melomel that was in a room at 80+ degrees for 3 weeks and at finish/tasting the wife said "Blackberry nail polish... I'm not drinking that." Bulk aged then bottled at a year and she's loving it chilled this memorial weekend.

Get your standard procedure dialed in and that will help you recognize the subtle issue before a big one arrives. I use the same process for no matter the yeast but that's me, good luck.

 

[CKuhns]

Omega OYL-057 HotHead Ale Yeast (As mentioned above by @Dgallo is a Kviek Strain.) OR Red Star Cotes Des Blanc
- For Session meads (8 - 10% ABV) I ferment this at 88 - 90 Deg F using TOSNA 3.0 (All Nutrients up front) ferments quick and clean with no off flavors.
- For fermenting 14 - 16% ABV Mead at room temperature and following TOSNA 3.0 at 24, 48, 72 and 1/3 break additions, good aeration and CO2 removal have been really happy with Cote Des Blanc. (Its temp range is published at 64-86 Deg F) - FULL DISCLOSURE I personally try to stay closer to the low end and target 62-64 Deg F.