You can make sage butter which is delicious on everything.
Sage ice cubes for summer drinks - lemonade, iced tea, etc.
sage honey.

Also burning a little sage will drive off evil spirits. :)

Hang bunches upside down in a warm place until leaves really dry, then crumble leaves as you say, put in airtight jars and and store in a dark place. But I would only cut as much as you think you are going to use and leave the rest on the plant. If you cut it all off it may stress the plant and you want it strong for next year.

Thanks for that. I actually Googled it and now have 32 brown paper bags of sage hanging in the loft - and the plant hardly looks as of it's been touched! At least any passing evil spirits won't dare venture in. Will start collecting lots of small jars to store it in.

in the past I have chopped it finely and frozen it in a small amount of water in an ice cube tray. easy to just chuck one into a dish as it cooks. still do it with basil.

Goodness Slimdil, you'll have your work cut out to get through all that on one season!

I think I'll end up selling little bottles of it at our Christmas Fair. I certainly couldn't use it all in my whole lifetime - and of course it'll be the same again next year! Will probably cut it back a little too I think.