Author Topic: Four Loko, no longer quite so loko :( (Read 1774 times)

Robo · « **on:** November 17, 2010, 11:17:02 AM »

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111607268.html

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The Chicago company that makes the most popular of a slew of controversial caffeinated alcoholic beverages announced Tuesday night that it was removing caffeine and other sources of the stimulant from all of its products.

Phusion Projects said in a statement that it planned to "reformulate its products to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine nationwide. . . . Going forward Phusion will produce only non-caffeinated versions of Four Loko," the company's most popular drink. ...

The Food and Drug Administration will announce as early as Wednesday that it has determined that caffeine is an unsafe substance to add to alcoholic beverages, "effectively making products such as Four Loko, Joose, and others like them, prohibited for sale in the United States," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.

In addition, the Federal Trade Commission plans to notify companies making the product that "they are engaged in the potential illegal marketing of unsafe alcoholic drinks," he said.

"This ruling should be the nail in the coffin of these dangerous and toxic drinks," Schumer said. "Parents should be able to rest a little easier knowing that soon their children won't have access to this deadly brew."

"Prohibiting these drinks will literally save lives, preventing potentially DEADLY MAYHEM and overdrinking," said Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal [emphasis mine].

Time to stock pile!

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:19:38 AM »

Caffeine + alcohol = let the good times roll!

Robo · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:25:33 AM »

Eric P will be upset; pretty sure he lives only to swill Four Loko.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:34:59 AM »

What could possibly go wrong mixing uppers with downers?

Himu · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:36:49 AM »

This shit is amazing. Goddamit it's amazing for pre-game.

Himu · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:39:40 AM »

Quote from: Kosma on November 17, 2010, 11:36:54 AM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on November 17, 2010, 11:19:38 AM
Caffeine + alcohol = let the good times roll!

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Mupepe · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:43:26 AM »

that shit is gross and makes me feel gross. Drink a real drink!

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Himu · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:45:13 AM »

People who shit on 4 loko don't "get" it. You drink a can of that shit and it will get you fucked up, great for clubbing. Doesn't taste particularly great unless it's the fruit punch flavor but it is perfect for pre-game. Give a can of four loko to a horny college chick and she'll be sucking your dick half way through that can.

Mupepe · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:55:30 AM »

sorry I don't need to drug up women to get laid, himumu! And clubbing is for faggots! gtfo!

Himu · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:59:59 AM »

Mupepe · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:06:59 PM »

sorry. I just have no use for clubs now. A bar is more my type of atmosphere anyways.

drew · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:35:21 PM »

Quote from: Stringer Bell on November 17, 2010, 11:45:13 AM

People who shit on 4 loko don't "get" it. You drink a can of that shit and it will get you fucked up, great for clubbing. Doesn't taste particularly great unless it's the fruit punch flavor but it is perfect for pre-game. Give a can of four loko to a horny college chick and she'll be sucking your dick half way through that can.

the purple loko una flavor is actually the smoothest, fruit punch tastes syrupy compared to it

Diunx · « **Reply #12 on:** November 17, 2010, 12:47:38 PM »

We have drinks like that heré, never being a big fan even thouhg they are cheap and fuck you up really fast.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #13 on:** November 17, 2010, 01:01:40 PM »

We have a statewide ban on Four Loko that goes into effect tonight at midnight. I live less than a mile from the University of Washington, and on Friday night the wife and I saw a bunch of girls carrying cases of Four Loko back to their apartment.

Quote from: Mupepe on November 17, 2010, 12:06:59 PM

sorry. I just have no use for clubs now. A bar is more my type of atmosphere anyways.

Clubs are good for seeing bands. Other than that, I'm all about pubs and bars.

Mupepe · « **Reply #14 on:** November 17, 2010, 01:08:39 PM »

I agree... in any city besides Houston. There are no good live band clubs in Houston anymore. They've been shutdown and converted to dance nightclubs and shit.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #15 on:** November 17, 2010, 04:15:14 PM »

Now everyone will have to go back to making their own with Jagermeister and Red Bull.

Robo · « **Reply #16 on:** November 17, 2010, 05:14:56 PM »

It's true. Also, based on significant anecdotal evidence, Jager + Red Bull is responsible for far more DEADLY MAYHEM than any alcoholic energy drink.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #17 on:** November 17, 2010, 06:10:16 PM »

YOU WILL TAKE MY JAGER BOMB FROM MY COLD, DEAD HAND HUSSEIN OBAMA

drew · « **Reply #18 on:** November 17, 2010, 10:23:08 PM »

much like in fallout, the black tabs from four lokos will serve as our new dollar in obama's disappointingly zombieless post police state society

chronovore · « **Reply #19 on:** November 17, 2010, 10:42:40 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on November 17, 2010, 04:15:14 PM

Now everyone will have to go back to making their own with Jagermeister and Red Bull.

Yeah, Red Bull and vodka is a mixed drink. Um... rum and coke? Jack and coke? This ban on a canned substance is some stupidity in action.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #20 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:24:39 PM »

gundam, you need to throw a four loko party. i need to try this shit just ONCE in my old age. DO IT FOR CHRIS GREGOIRE

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #21 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:34:38 PM »

I've never had it, either. Was mighty tempted to buy one last weekend, but then I remembered I had growlers of delicious beer from Georgetown Brewery and said fuck it.

As for a party, we've only got 3 1/2 hours left before the ban goes into effect, and I'm sure every store near my house that carries it is already sold out.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #22 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:39:21 PM »

well, dang! there goes THAT excuse!

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #23 on:** November 17, 2010, 11:44:43 PM »

I can ship you guys some on the Four Loko Underground Railroad. I stocked my fridge with that shit today, gonna start selling cans at $5 a piece when they get banned here.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #24 on:** November 18, 2010, 02:27:04 AM »

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/party-crasher/Content?oid=5540959

Hitler Stole My Potato · « **Reply #25 on:** November 18, 2010, 06:55:14 AM »

Just saw this in the news yesterday but I never heard of Four Loko before. What the hell does it taste like? For some reason I'm picturing MD 20/20 with caffeine.

Himu · « **Reply #26 on:** November 18, 2010, 08:51:27 AM »

Quote from: Hitler Stole My Potato on November 18, 2010, 06:55:14 AM

Just saw this in the news yesterday but I never heard of Four Loko before. What the hell does it taste like? For some reason I'm picturing MD 20/20 with caffeine.

It depends on the flavor. Some taste like cough syrup, some go down smooth. And they get you fucked up.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #27 on:** November 18, 2010, 09:06:01 AM »

Don't listen to himu- they all taste like repugnant ass bullshit. But they DO get you fucked up.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #28 on:** November 21, 2010, 12:15:43 AM »

lennedsay · « **Reply #29 on:** November 21, 2010, 01:43:31 AM »

I never heard of these things until all this came up, then I came home a few hours ago and the fucking assholes were all drinking them, talking a mile a minute, telling me all about these new awesome drinks they found at the gas station. They were all

and I was all

Bloodwake · « **Reply #30 on:** November 21, 2010, 05:28:56 PM »

I wonder if I can still buy some... just out of curiosity....

Bloodwake · « **Reply #31 on:** November 21, 2010, 05:39:04 PM »

Purchase CONFIRMED

Blue Raspberry and Fruit Punch. Don't know when I'm going to drink them since I really have no time to be fucked up all the time anymore, but yeah. So, which one tastes better?

Himu · « **Reply #32 on:** November 21, 2010, 05:45:46 PM »

Go with the raspberry.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #33 on:** November 21, 2010, 05:50:06 PM »

Maybe instead of a six pack, I will just drink those on Thanksgiving.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #34 on:** November 22, 2010, 10:59:33 AM »

You are going to die! Haven't you heard? Death, carbonated!

Bloodwake · « **Reply #35 on:** November 22, 2010, 11:25:25 AM »

Oh well. I will die drunk. Seems like that's my destiny anyways, lol.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #36 on:** November 22, 2010, 11:58:00 AM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #37 on:** November 22, 2010, 12:03:29 PM »

hahaha i fucked that up

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