Even as brewers from across the country showed off their boldest and most daring beers during the opening night of the Great American Beer Festival Thursday, they acknowledged that consumers in Colorado and nationwide are looking more than ever for accessible offerings, marking a turn from the push for extremes that marked the industry just five years ago.
Highly-sought-after brewers poured simple pilsners, krieks that were more fruit-forward than tart and hazy India pale ales that replace the classic…
