Which yeast is your favorite dry yeast for making mead?

[Miraculix]

I'm glad to see this thread float to the top again; I'd forgotten about it, so thank you to whomever gave it a bump. I'm getting ready to start a 1 gallon batch of mead, and I never did get around to trying AW4 yeast like I mentioned 2 years ago so I might do that now. I need to see what I can glean from the BOMM thread and Dr Denard's web site to give it the best chance I can. (KHC03, adding the nutrients at 1/3 and 2/3 sugar breaks, frequent degassing, etc.)

According to loveofrose, w15 should be the closest to the original bomm yeast.

And here you can find his most recent dry yeast protocol:

https://www.youtobrew.co.uk/

 

[z-bob]

I want to use one of the 30 or so packets of yeast I have in the fridge already, or Voss slurry from one of the jars. (Voss would be a good choice but I don't know if I can keep a small batch warm enough for it to be happy) I just ordered 100g of Go-Ferm; I have everything else and the GF should get here Monday. I was going to start it tonight but GF seems to be an important and perhaps essential piece so I'll wait and catch up on my reading.

Also I'll increase my batch size to 5 liters to match the info on YTB. I know I could scale everything down, but why? My fermenter has graduation marks up to 6L and will hold a little more than that. And I get one more bottle and several generous tastings that way