I don't know about the rest of the country but there are some great small breweries in CT these days and some of the beers they produce are fantastic. Back East Brewing (https://www.backeastbrewing.com/home) is my current favorite by far and I'm a huge fan of their DIPAs. Thomas Hooker Brewery (https://hookerbeer.com/) is another and they managed to make an amazingly good triple IPA, which is a lot harder than it seems, apparently. You guys that are dismissing the IPA trend out of hand are missing some real gems, as far as I'm concerned.
ETA: I really don't give a shit if the guy making my beer is gauged or beard oiled or covered in shiny new tats or whatever. I care about the beer. I'll take good beer from hipsters over crap beer from whomever else all day every day. Writing those guys off as hipster buffoons is no different than them writing you off as a boomer. The stereotype is there for a reason but if you live your life guided by it, you're gonna miss some awfully interesting experiences along the way.