Oh puh-leeze. Their IPA isn't even in the top 100 among IPA's I've tried.
congrats, you're someone who doesn't like their style of IPA. you like "modern", west-coast style IPAs - which DB doesn't make. saying that it's not in your top 100 is meaningless to anyone except you.
Quick! Name a brewery who has been "doing it for years" that doesn't have a shit ton of medals. This is the most every kid wins a medal industry in America.
i'm only talking GABF medals, which actually count for something (true blind evaluation, by industry peers, etc). they've only been in operation since 2008 and they've won a disproportionate number of GABF medals since they opened.
What's so special about "brewing to style"?
it's one of many approaches to brewing. clearly it doesn't impress you (again, congrats!). those styles developed for a reason - they taste good, reflected a consensus on taste, etc. the precision and control of process is impressive, for some (again, clearly not you).
all this noise reminds me of someone who doesn't like modern art, goes to a modern art showing, and then complains that the art was terrible and he/she can't understand why anyone would go there. how insightful. says nothing about the art, only tells us about the complainer's opinions.