i've wondered a few times if the extreme hops flavor is an inevitable way for people (like myself) who know barely anything about beer to effectively measure a

i've wondered a few times if the extreme hops flavor is an inevitable way for people (like myself) who know barely anything about beer to effectively measure a single attribute and participate. a Goodhart's Law of flavor, if you will. If cranking the hops up to 11 gets a reaction that otherwise better beer doesn't get, then we're going to end up with hops on 11.