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A bathtub full of warm water and baking soda. The labels and the glue just wipe off in your hand. No harsh chemicals involved.

If you could ever only use four different kinds of yeast for all your beer brewing needs for the rest of your life which 4 strains would make it on your list?

The problem is that cider usually needs plenty of time to age. It seems like it's not even palatable until a month after starting fermentation. Take a look at Graham's English Cider recipe. It's got an easy, cheap recipe, great results, and lots of info in the comments...

Raisins in cider is a traditional British method of preparing cider

If you were doing a full batch I'd do at least two weeks in primary and then transfer to a secondary for a long time. Since its a small test batch I'd do a month total and then try it so that you can get a big batch going!

1 good beer + 1 bad beer = 1 bad beer

Here's a helpful article by Brad Smith of Beersmith on brewing with honey. He suggests not boiling the honey at all in order to preserve the flavor and aroma. http://beersmith.com/blog/2009/09/05/brewing-beer-with-honey/

I think Graham's English Cider is the way to go for a good imitation of a British cider. The advantage is that you use store-bought apple juice. Take note though that the recipe uses ale yeast and not wine/champagne yeast in order to produce a cider that is not bone dry...

I dream about really good ribs all the time. The problem is that I'm working in Russia at the moment and only get BBQ when. Make it back to the states every year or two. That's why I'm brewing my own beer. Russian beer is terrible and all imported beer is really heavily taxed. That's also...

I brewed this kit a couple weeks ago with the following ingredients: 1.8kg can Coopers English Bitter 1kg Muntons Amber DME 1 cup sugar 1/2 oz fuggles 5 min S-04 Dry Yeast 15 min boil on DME and sugar. Added hops. Used wort chiller. Topped up to 6 gallons. Pitched dry yeast at 70f...

Let me just say I've just started brewing and I've really enjoyed reading these forums. They are immensely helpful! I've never seen so many nerds and hippies in one place before. So I'm living in Moscow, Russia, and it's about the same price for a 1.8kg kit from Muntons or Coopers as it is...