"Nels E. Satterlund" > wrote in message
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> Bill Benzel wrote:
>> Craig Bergren ) wrote:
>> : I think the taste you like in Bud is the flavor of the
>> : beechwood aging.
>>
>> Tell me more about that. Exactly how is Bud "beechwood aged?"
>
> IIRC Beachwood chip are put into the wort.

No, it's post-fermentation. Or, to be more accurate (and if I recall
correctly) it's at the very end of fermentation. The beechwood acts as a
yeast flocculator. Bud doesn't spend a whole lot of time on the wood, but it
is still used.

-Steve