It has to vary wildly by region in the US, because in the northeast, this “hurr durr only IPAs everywhere” meme hasn’t been accurate for like 10 years, if it was ever accurate at all.

Not a sour in sight :(

We can get almost all of those here, too, though the traditional German ones seem to be less common. What bothers me is that IPA, fine brews, have been a freaking obsession here for about 10 years, and it’s driving me nuts. It’s at the point where one says “I want a craft beer” and they list 10 IPA, one lager, one amber ale, and Guinness.

C’mon people, take your heads out of your asses and look around!

I was able to get a locally produced rauchbier at the Cincy Beer fest about 12 years ago. Cincinnati has a large ethnically German population, but I was still surprised by that.

I’ve seen kolsch in the PNW of the US a couple times. It doesn’t hit the same as it did when I was in Germany though.

It really varies by location in the states. Im lucky enough to live in an area with a ton of different craft breweries that do a ton of different things, but there’s definitely places here that have fuckall in that area