I’m so far from being a hipster, but from the thousands of beers I’ve sampled, IPAs have the cleanest and freshest flavor, the dry/piney aftertaste and often the higher ABV. Now that I can’t drink as much, they are the go to.
I’m definitely no hipster, either. I was at a beer-fest in Colorado back 10 or so years ago when I would still do that sort of thing. I didn’t like the IPAs as much as the other beers, maybe bad luck or I just wasn’t hitting the right ones. I’d be willing to give it another shot, tastes change, too.