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Hello Blighty, good to see you're still alive too!:)

Walker - Ich hasse dich. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! ;)

Shame it's such a crap City! ;) Safale S-04 is my favorite dried yeast.

If you plan on storing it over time the best conditions are a constant temp (55-60deg F) that doesn't fluctuate beyond a few degrees +/- and in the dark. I can't get my temps that low and store at a slightly higher temp (but still constant and in the dark).

2 weeks in primary certainly won't hurt your cider. 4 Weeks for secondary is okay (I tend to do more) but then give it at least 6 months for aging in bottles for better results. Cider needs much more time than beer.

Is it the Blonde or the Brune version? :)

If you don't want to carbonate it by priming the remaining yeast then use campden and sorbate as Rod mentioned and then sweeten with sugar/apple concentrate - NOT DME. Malt and cider don't mix well.

Good to see you back Orfy! :)

A La Trappe Blond - (I've already drunk a Dubbel by them first tonight!). I'd drink it more often if the price wasn't so high. However it does come in fantastic ceramic style bottles which will work great for both home brewed 'abbey style' beers and 'farmhouse' ciders. :)

As a English 'European' who enjoys good beer I wish I could get my taste buds on not only the 'craft brews' but also the 'mid sized breweries' of America. I've tasted a few but we never seem to get them in Europe. I wish we did. Sierra Nevada (Pale Ale, Celebration and a 'summer fest' brew -...

but it would then be pronunced as 'booin'. And that's just wrong (unless you live in Wigan). Try and get it right Yuuri Rauge...;) :)

Mead's an odd thing - You either love it or just brew it for friends!:D Yes. Either/Or. Yes, my last one cleared really quickly though - However as it's a dry mead (but only about 10% abv) I'm aging it for a lot longer than the 'watching the airlock' - I reckon 3 years.

Thanks for reminding me Guys! I've just tasted one of mine (my Ey Oop! Version 2) that i've been conditioning for a few months that i'd almost forgotten about. Very tasty it was too! I'll save the rest for Christmas! :D

The 28th looks a bit ropey Desertbrew, you might want to consider wearing long sleeves that day........:D

A Religious debate tenuously linked to beer. Hmmm.....where's Dude?

As HB said if it's clear it doesn't need any clearing agents. Fully synthetic corks just need a quick soak in a 'no rinse' sanitizer I'd have thought.

With a cider you don't need to boil it and the 'krausen' isn't usually as big as the beer version but a 5 gallon bucket is too small - the 6 to 6.5 gallon bucket you mention would be much better.

Pulled a Chimay red, a Chimay blue and 2 big bottle Leffe Blondes out of my fridge a few hours ago to bring up to drinking temp and my fridge is now bare - there is food in it but I don't count that ;)

Shane's a fantastic lyricist - 'Old Main Drag' and 'The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn' stick in my head all the time. He had a great voice too -'Gentlemen Soldier' is a classic folk song from earlier times but all the funnier for his 'punch and judy' style delivery of the main characters!:) He's not...

I know, I just couldn't resist winding you up......:D