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Oh yeah, as a homebrewer, I can attest to the fact that the IPAs I brew are because I want to be trendy and cool and hip and not because I like them. Of course not. It's much more important for me to have put all that time and investment into equipment to brew something that's trendy than something I actually like drinking.

Did it ever occur to you and those who think like you that people drink IPAs (and double, Imperial, triple, etc...) because they like them? Not because of lack of experience (I'm old, I've been into beer from all over the world of all types in my travels) but simple preference?

This feels like a critique from 2013 when high IBU counts briefly became a fad. IPA land has mellowed down and "juicy" and "dank" flavors are more the recent, popular thing.

No, everyone doesn't love them. It's a great way to separate people who genuinely like beer and posers. Amongst my beer loving in-crowd, "oh...you make an extra hoppy IPA" is shorthand for "you make shitty beer and try and cover it up with hops".