Lips of Faith Vrienden a Allagash & New Belgium collaboration is what bees drink

So I'm loving the Family Guy Star Wars episodes. Also, beer. This brew is a collaboration between the almighty Allagash and New Belgium, which they released in their limited run Lips of Faith series. Vrienden is "Friends" in Flemish and apparently you welcome your friends with hibiscus and endive because that's what they made the beer with. 

It has 8.5% alcohol and tastes like I just licked a spring meadow. Obviously, there are strong floral notes that dominate the beer but the sweet malty Belgian base serves the flavor profile well. The first couple sips surprised me in a good way, but the more I drank the sugary floral notes became too much. Like bad accents, it's good in limited doses; so when you distract your friend by yelling in your worst East German accent, "There's Hans Gruber and he has the detonators!", I would only take a sip of your gullible friend's beer and not chug the whole thing. ARMAGEDDON rating.