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Warm Fermenting Yeast

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Bradley Corrigan - Seattle, Washington asks,
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I recently moved to Seattle and do not have air conditioning in my current home so it regularly passes 80 °F (27 °C) inside during the summer. Outside of buying and customizing a freezer to regulate temperature for most beers, are there any types of yeast that would thrive in this environment? The rest of the year fermentation temperature is nearly perfect.

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Response by Ashton Lewis.

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