Help My Cider is Stuck!

[jbwuebben]

I brewed the Drunken Emu cider recipe I found on this site the other day. I used cider from a local apple orchard, which had a lot of sediment in the bottles. Anyway, my gravity was 1.080 instead of the 1.050 that was advertised in the recipe. I used the recommended Nottingham yeast. There was no airlock activity, even after 24 hours and I noticed all the yeast floated to top. I asked the guys at my local brew store what to do. They recommended using American ale wyeast. So, I tried that. Again, nothing, even after 24 hours. Anybody have any thoughts on what yeast I should try next?

 

[berts_brew]

I first used 1 campden tablet crushed per gallon. I let that sit for two days. I the pitched lalvin ec-118 yeast. It started within 24 hours and really took off after 48 hours

 

[jbwuebben]

I have some montrachet yeast handy. Do you think that might work as well?

 

[Rockindaddy]

Monctrachet should work well. However, don't go by airlock activity alone. Make sure you are doing gravity readings.

 

[Yooper]

Is it possible that the cider orchard used preservatives? If they did, it won't start no matter how much yeast you add.

 

[WVMJ]

Was the 1.08 just the cider or did you add something to make it sweeter? What is your reading right now? I think 1.08 is pretty high for cider out of the bottle. WVMJ