cottonwoodks
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This is the last batch of cider for the year, and after many hot months, it's suddenly quite cold, 58F in the building where the cider is. I have my last 5.5 gallons in a carboy, 5 campden tablets sitting for 24 hours, then pitching the yeast, and then.....nothing. It's been over 48 hours and absolutely nothing is happening. I'm using Premier Blanc yeast, but it was less than a whole packet (because I used a little bit for a gallon of pineapple cherry wine), and I made a starter, but then didn't let it sit long enough before dumping it into the rest of the cider, and it wasn't foaming yet. I guess now that I think about it, it took a while for the pineapple wine to start fermenting too, and it was a lot warmer last week. Do I need to put more yeast in there? Is it too cold? How long do I wait?