When I worked as a barman, it was normal to offer someone a taste of a beer if they weren't familiar with the offerings "What do you normally drink? Try this then."
However, I'm with Basil. Making a beer hoppy doesn't make it good (I enjoy a nice cold hoppy beer on a hot day, or when I'm eating fish). Generally prefer stouts or malty beers, but increasingly go into pubs that only have something that tastes like cat's piss mixed with flowers.
I blame Brewdog. They make over-hopped beers their brand, people bought into the hype, now all breweries are desperately trying to prove they are 'hip' and 'new' by making beers from hops and stupid flavourings.