I think the problem has grown bigger than just over hopped beers. Every beer fad just becomes an arms race to see who can get the most extreme and it takes over the smaller brewers. We used to love going to small breweries but they’re ridiculous now and have been for years with no end in sight. For a while, every beer was mouth blisteringly sour. We had disgustingly sweet dessert stouts for a while. And the juicy craze. The head brewer at my local brewery was bragging to me about having bought out his suppliers mango puree. Bro this is why I just go to the pub and drink Yuengling now.

Don't forget your sense of taste changes as you age, there's a reason old farts drink cheap rice/wheat lagers with subtle flavor profiles.

That said, the first IPA I had was from Summit Brewing in Minneapolis back in the middle 90's and it was nothing like the pine-cone flavored versions which are everywhere today.

Yeah fuck anybody with different tastes. One beer one nation.