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I agree with this. When I first started drinking I could get a beer and be pretty sure I would like it. Then the micro brews came along and pushed the IPA fad to the extreme. Now the only thing at the store is cheap ass lagers and skunky IPAs. If I wanted my mouth to taste like skunk I would smoke a joint ffs. In the last 20 years nearly all of my favorite imports are either no longer around, are almost impossible to find around me, or have gone up so far in price it's not worth it. When a local brewery actually makes something I like it's rare, and generally limited runs.
I can find seasonal brews that are great. But it's limited selection. Like... the bitter they make once a year for 3 weeks. Or the brown ale, or the dark lager they make in December...
but 12/12 it's 10 nasty IPAs, a flavorless lager, and some fruited up candy sour/stout. Everytime I find someone really nice... i go back two weeks later to the store and it's gone forever.
i used to drink 1-2 packs per week, now I do like 2 a month because 90% what's on the market is nasty and lazy. They put all the effort into weird names and elaborate art on the labels... and very little into the actual beer.
You just have shitty breweries near you, I guess. The ones near me do a variety of pale ales but also lagers, wheat beers, marzen, bock, etc.
The breweries near me only can the 6 IPAs they make. and the one light lager that tastes like piss. They refuse to distribute the non-ipa stuff, so unless I drive two hours to the brewery, I can't get it. So it might as well not exist.
I can get a ESB, or a wheat beer, or a bock, but only if I go to the brewery and I cant' get it to take home.