Stuff like Old Rasputin is my jam. I'll take a 8-12% stout over any ipa. I think it's annoying how popular IPAs are when there's so much better beer out there. The best IPA I've ever drank is Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Hazy but it's almost more of a wheat beer and wheat beer/hefeweizen are my other favorites.
Usually my beer runs consist of like 4-5 6 packs of stouts and a couple 6 packs of wheat beers.
Guinness is also most definitely water. Flat nasty water.
Best IPA for me, hands down, is Russian River's Pliny the Elder. Smoothest, most flavorful example of an IPA I've had. I pretty much agree with your statement a lot of brewery's have hopped on the IPA train, lost sight of what makes a good one, and instead have restored to masking mediocre beers with a ton of hops. But when an IPA is good, it's really good. I generally love dark beers best; stouts, porters, nutty browns, and dark red ales.