CBD: Vermont Brewfest at 21

Dear Client: Your editor had the privilege of attending her third straight 3,000-person- (per each of three sessions) strong Vermont Brewers Festival last weekend in Burlington, Vermont. At its 21st year, festival director Laura Streets thinks the festival audience is getting a little older. "I do think we're seeing an overall trend to a calmer group," she said. "Connoisseurs are coming, to sip and taste." She recalled one funny Facebook comment about overly eager festival-goers, presumably from one more lax: