I definitely (negatively) judge craft breweries that lean too far or exclusively into beers like IPAs and Sours. IMO they’re the kind of beers you can have one of, but try to have a few and it’s just overwhelmingly bad. Stout is another one of those, though Guinness is probably a counter example where they do the one thing almost exclusively and do it really, really well.
“Sessionable” IPAs seem a lot better. And NEPAs are good. But beer is like pizza. You can mask a lot by getting complicated, but in the same way a great pizza place is going to knock a cheese or pepperoni out of the park, the true test of a quality craft brewery is how well they can brew something like a lager or a pilsner.
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