The best yeast money can buy?

[Mendel]

I am new to Rum and relatively new to distilling. If money were no object, what is the best yeast and pitching rate?

Most people seem to be using bread yeast, which besides being extremely cheap is well suited being supposed cultured on molasses. Bread yeast did well in one comparison test https://www.clawhammersupply.com/blogs/ ... distilling.

But Fermfast makes a Turbo yeast specifically for rum, which got some good reviews posted.

Still-it on Youtube had success with Buccaneer Bob's using a Belgian strain. I'd imagine Belgian yeast flavors would go great with Rum, and Belgian yeasts are great for fermenting on the hot side, which I imagine is traditional for Rum.

Any other fancy beer or wine yeast to consider?

Then we have pitching rate. I've never had a stuck fermentation from not using enough yeast, but it is theoretically possible. Under pitching should create more esters, which means more headsy stuff to cut off the top, but more flavor as well. And are we better pitching everything at the start, or adding a second yeast near the end to clean things up, as is sometimes done with big beer?

I know the "money is no object" attitude bothers some people, but if the goal is to make something better than I can buy for $50 for 750ml, does it really matter? And if it does, I can always make starters or even do a full out culture.