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.

Would C-3PO drink Lips of Faith Vrienden?

Back to work, and it was a pretty long one today. Bluh, came home and sat down to watch Chopped (I'll fight anyone who hates on that show) and then the Family Guy Star War series, we're in the middle of Something Something Something Dark Side. Good shit.

I grabbed this over the weekend at Whole Foods because most of the Lips of Faith beers have been good. It's a New Belgium/Allagash collaboration. Allagash-good, New Beligum-fingers crossed. I STILL can't smell that well thanks to my annoying cold, but I can smell this, and it's a little sour, funky, a little like a saison. Maybe that's coming from the hibiscus or endive? What does endive smell like? Isn't hibiscus a flower? What's going on here? It also tastes sour, fruity, though not as bad as a saison. A slight bit of smooth malt right at the beginning, but then its all sour from there. Finishes pretty nicely, sour/tart doesn't stick around too long, unlike...

Anthony Daniels. Kinda fruity, but overall a good thing. That is, a good thing if you can stand his odd mix of Star Wars sentimentalism (endive) and English manners (hibiscus). A fair match of personal qualities and beer flavors . Not really, just go with the "fruity" thing and it works.