The indicator in question is the US Treasury yield curve, a measure of the gap between short- and long-term interest rates. When it is steep â meaning it costs more to borrow money for the long term â that's a good sign investors expect a quickly growing economy. A flattening one suggests a slowing one.
After your hop vine flowers you will begin to see hop cones forming. We know you will be super excited to pick them, smush them, smell them, brew with them, love them, etc.. Resist the urge because the hops will not be ready for harvesting till late August or September.
How to brew with hops. Hops are a flower which was introduced to brewing about 1000 years ago but have only been in common use for 200 years. Lupilinn resin is the active bittering agent in hops.Alpha acid percent is a way of rating the bittering power of a hop variety.he timing of additions of hops to the wort is called a hopping schedule. The amount of bitterness imparted to the wort in called utilization. There are four basic classifications of hop use; bittering, flavoring, finishing and dry hopping. These terms refer to how the selected hop variety is used.