Yeah, that's a real shame; Duet is one of my favorite IPAs. The store up the road from me still gets Duet, Windows UP, and recently Nelson(the only Nelson hops beers I've seen in the USA). Not sure how they have changed(I read WC IPA changed after Silva left) but I'm keeping an eye on the whole situation haha.
Duet, Hoppy Birthday, Pure Hoppiness, and Nelson were four out of my five favorite beers. I'll keep it short and just say it was crushing watching GF fail over and over again with that merger.
You are also right about West Coast IPA changing after Silva left. They turned it into a DIPA and it wasn't nearly as good. Much sweeter and less balanced.
