The Hispanic food market down South Wilmington is still selling 4lokos

1/23/2011 6:13:32 PM

hispaniards play by their own rules

1/23/2011 6:21:07 PM

But were they Real four lokos?

1/23/2011 6:22:23 PM

Everyone is still selling them, just look at the can's no more caffiene or taurine.

1/23/2011 6:24:12 PM

MY four loko collection is legit.

1/23/2011 7:17:39 PM

Everyone is still selling them, just look at the can's no more caffiene or taurine.

1/23/2011 7:18:44 PM

Quote :

"^did you check the proof of them? I know diesel/everclear have less strong variants they were putting out that would fit the guidelines or something"

naw its legit. i got dat 190

1/23/2011 8:15:07 PM

With a lickour cabinet to match?

1/23/2011 8:15:33 PM

1/24/2011 9:27:59 PM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/two-teens-found-dead-in-huntington-beach-with-empty-can-of-four-loko-and-other-alcohol-drugs.html

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"Police on Monday were investigating the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found in a vacant Huntington Beach apartment with an empty can of a caffeinated alcohol drink nearby. Aaron Saenz, 15, of Westminster and Chelsea Taylor, 16, of Huntington Beach were found dead just after 10 a.m. Friday in the 15500 block of Huntington Village Lane, said Huntington Beach Police Lt. Russell Reinhart. Police found an empty can of Four Loko -- a sweet, caffeine-alcohol drink banned in some states because of health warnings -- in the apartment. Reinhart said the two died of drug- and alcohol-related causes, but the coroner’s office would not confirm this. The teens' autopsies were completed Monday, but further information was not released because the investigation was ongoing, said Mitchell Sigal, supervising deputy coroner for Orange County. Apartment managers called police Friday after spotting the teens through an apartment window, but they did not know if the two were dead or alive, Reinhart said, according to the Hungtington Beach Independent. The manufacturer of Four Loko, Phusion Projects, received a warning in November from the Food and Drug Administration that the product was unsafe, said Siobahn DeLancey, a spokeswoman for the federal agency."

[Edited on January 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM. Reason : .]

1/24/2011 9:54:13 PM

Picked this up from the warehouse today. Tasty.

1/26/2011 7:59:38 PM

^^Never mind the evidence of massive heroine use, THERE WAS AN EMPTY CAN OF FOUR LOKO IN THE ROOM!!!!

[Edited on January 26, 2011 at 8:04 PM. Reason : ]

1/26/2011 8:03:36 PM

One of my buddies drank 3 four lokos and seemed almost completely normal. Then he had no hangover the next day at like 10am. What the fuck.

1/26/2011 8:08:59 PM

I can't imagine drinking more than one at a time

1/26/2011 8:20:45 PM

Somewhere itt I drank 3.5 in around 2 hrs. I was pretty drunk but more than anything felt miserable. Had a horrible hangover to boot.

1/26/2011 8:30:23 PM

had 100, now we're down to 30. original recipe.

1/26/2011 9:44:33 PM

the BP on Glenwood across from the Townridge shopping center is still selling 4 Lokos

Pretty cheap too IIRC

2/10/2011 9:06:27 AM

4 lokos changed their ingredients so that they can keep selling them

2/10/2011 9:09:09 AM

Most places still have Four Loko, but it's the bastardized version.

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 9:09 AM. Reason : dammit bmel ]

2/10/2011 9:09:15 AM

Quote :

"Everyone is still selling them, just look at the can's no more caffiene or taurine."

2/10/2011 9:09:41 AM

there's this 7-11 down the street that's run by asians, and they're still selling Four Loko. what's up with these people?

2/10/2011 10:49:42 AM

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"Yes, the rumors are true yet again. The alcoholic beverage Four Loko was indeed forced to alter their main ingredients at the beginning of 2011 due to a ban from the Food and Drug Administration. The ban stated that the combination of caffeine and alcohol results in “dangerously high levels of intoxication” in its consumers, forcing the makers of Four Loko to remove the stimulants taurine, guarana and caffeine. In response to the ban, an FDA official claimed that, “the addition of these stimulants causes the consumer to stay awake for longer periods of time and thus gives them more hours of the night to ‘party and rage.’ By extracting caffeine from the product, we believe that the intoxicated customers will simply fall asleep sometime before they drink themselves to death.” Kids, teens and loosely labeled “young adults” everywhere are outraged with the new Four Loko formula. “I can’t go back to just drinking beer,” UR senior Aaron Berber said this past weekend. “Not after the level of life-threatening drunkenness that I’m used to with Four Loko. Hell, I’d need to drink like 100 beers before I could feel that blissfully numb again. And, with this economy, who can afford 100 beers?” This fear of sobriety has caused some students to take drastic measures to achieve the same amount of inebriation they were used to with the old formula. “It’s outrageous what I have to go through now that I can’t rely on the convenience of four different drugs in one can,” junior Zach Whites stated. “Now I have to mix together three beers, two shots of vodka, four caffeine pills, one-fourth of a bladder of Franzia, three 5-hour energies, one and a half cups of bleach, five adderall pills, one bottle of Nyquil, three grams of cocaine and one Starbucks Double Shot in order to get half as drunk as I normally got off of one Four Loko. And, with this economy, who can afford a Starbucks Double Shot?” “I hate it,” claims senior Emma Melcher. “Now, when I drink Four Loko, I just get shit-housed, puke and pass out as opposed to last year when I would get shit-housed, puke and then stay up for 7 more hours. It’s just not the same anymore.” Outrage over the ban hasn’t stopped with disgruntled students — it has reached far into the local community. Rochester truck drivers complain that the new Four Loko is extremely dangerous. “This new formula lacks the essential ingredient of caffeine and similar stimulants that are so vital in keeping us awake during long night drives,” Larry Gomez, a 55 year-old trucker from Gates, NY said. “Trucking accidents due to falling asleep at the wheel tripled last month when compared to all the months when Four Loko still had all the good stuff.” The ban has caused a nationwide withdrawal to the original Four Loko recipe, resulting in a new black market for the drink. In this dangerous Prohibition-esque environment, the appearance of Four Loko speakeasies in basements of local shops and stores has increased to alarming levels. If you suspect a local store of housing one of these illegal speakeasies, please contact the local authorities or all of your buddies immediately, depending on whether you are for or against the ban. In related news, Four Loko soon plans to remove their only remaining ingredient, alcohol, in order to make the drink marketable to children. Partnered with the Dora The Explorer franchise through Nickelodeon, this new “Latino Juice Can” will nourish our country’s children while breaking down the Spanish-English language barrier one ADHD child at a time. Rubenstein is a member of the class of 2011."

http://www.campustimes.org/2011/02/03/one-loko-removal-of-ingredients-upsets-franchise/

2/10/2011 11:25:47 AM

yeah the bastardized version is still available everywhere here. and actually, it is so much easier to get than before...cept now I don't want it.

we've switched over to Jouse. still 10% ABV (not as high, but pretty high), has caffiene, and is el cheapo.

2/10/2011 11:29:12 AM

You mean Joose?


that shit is nasty.

2/10/2011 11:32:54 AM

Joose still has caffeine?

2/10/2011 11:36:22 AM

ha yeah Joose. the first time I tried to read the curly writing that is what my brain got and I've never been able to straighten it out.

and yes, it still has caffiene...or at least the ones here do.

2/10/2011 11:41:45 AM

it's interesting that they go from brand to brand (sparks, then four loko) instead of banning the alcohol/caffeine combo outright

anyone know why?

2/10/2011 11:42:52 AM

well i think Joose has survived (and actually Sparks is still here as well) because of:

1) lower ABV than 4Loko
2) only caffiene (no guarana, t...whatever the hell, etc.)

2/10/2011 11:44:22 AM

we have sparks too but it's a caffeine free version (no plus sign on the can)

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 11:51 AM. Reason : where are you?]

2/10/2011 11:51:13 AM

hm...ok. i'll have to look more carefully next time i'm there. aside from not purchasing it myself, it is on the top shelf in a closed door case so i've not taken the time for careful inspection...

2/10/2011 11:52:17 AM

I thought the FDA said all the caffeinated alcohol products had to be pulled.

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"The FDA said the companies that received the warning letters and their products are: * Charge Beverages Corp.: Core High Gravity HG, Core High Gravity HG Orange, and Lemon Lime Core Spiked. * New Century Brewing Co., LLC: Moonshot. * Phusion Projects, LLC (doing business as Drink Four Brewing Co.): Four Loko. * United Brands Company Inc.: Joose and Max. "

Are you sure Joose still has caffeine? Maybe Joose is going through the appeals process rather than reformulating and that bought some time. I dunno though.

2/10/2011 11:53:46 AM

wikipedia says MillerCoors no longer makes a caffeinated version of Sparks

and United Brands took the caffeine out of Joose

lies ITT

2/10/2011 11:54:46 AM

they must be appealing.

the only reason i'm confident about the Joose at least is that last week I had to buy some for a friend (owed him for airport rides and that is seriously what he wanted), and he was very serious about it not being any non-caffienated bullshit.

he later thanked me mightily (he apparently drank them all during the blizzard). and he is the kind of friend that if i had bought the wrong kind i would have heard about it til the end of time.

2/10/2011 11:56:20 AM

you bought some pretty old Joose

they're not making the caffeinated version anymore

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 11:57 AM. Reason : credibility = in the shitter]

2/10/2011 11:57:20 AM

considering the sketchiness of the place i bought it i would not be surprised in the least if it was old...even when the stuff was legit

2/10/2011 11:58:38 AM

The people i've talked to said they can't tell a difference between the old lokos or the new lokos.


That means:

a) they didn't take anything out of the recipe but removed the info from the can.

b) they didn't take anything out of the recipe but removed the info from the can.

2/10/2011 12:01:10 PM

i don't think you understand how quickly that would bury their company in lawsuits

food labeling is some serious shit

allergies and whatnot

2/10/2011 12:10:30 PM

I never did get to try one of these

2/10/2011 12:11:25 PM

there is no label on the can.

2/10/2011 12:11:32 PM

Four Loko is shitty malt liquor with super strong syrup added to make it taste like something other than shitty malt liquor. You really think your taste buds are going to pick up the removal of anything other than malt liquor or syrup from that recipe?

2/10/2011 12:13:12 PM

^^ wait, you might actually be right

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 12:16 PM. Reason : FDA says caffeine is not a nutrient and therefore doesn't have to be listed]

2/10/2011 12:16:21 PM

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"The people i've talked to said they can't tell a difference between the old lokos or the new lokos."

or, since they spent so much time drinking the old ones when they taste it (i imagine taking out the caffiene, etc. did not change the technical flavor) they instantly feel energized even though there is actually no stimulant in it.

kind of like how some people can't even drink decaf coffee before bed because just the taste makes them feel energized. conditioning.

^however, i seem to recall their old cans listing 'caffiene guarana whatever' in an artistic little ring around the top of the can and that is now absent. not a nutritional label. but a label.

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 12:27 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 12:27 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2011 12:26:18 PM

So clearly the FDA needs to ban anyone who has ever had the old Four Loko from drinking the new Four Loko without caffeine because they will still reach the same negative wide-awake drunk state that is so problematic.

2/10/2011 12:27:58 PM

By far the most drinkable of any 12% can.

And if you mix it with some purple kool-aid or grape soda it's actually kind of good!

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2011 12:28:21 PM

^^maybe only those who drank enough of the good stuff to condition themselves?

[Edited on February 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2011 12:28:36 PM

The real ones actually had substantially less of an effect on me after the first ~2-3 times I had them. I never drink energy drinks so I guess they hit me extra hard at first but then I got a tolerance to an extent.

2/10/2011 12:33:26 PM

mmmmm....tolerance to 4 Loko...

2/10/2011 12:39:03 PM

The Kroger on 70 and Timber has grape Four Lokos...


Finally trying one

2/11/2011 9:00:33 PM

tried one a few weeks back for the first time


had a blast. really great night.



woke up in a seedy hotel room the next day, with a glassy eyed bitch laying beside me. I did not know her name.






true story. this shit is terrible.

2/11/2011 9:09:10 PM

^^^^^^what the fuck are "certified colors" ?

[Edited on February 11, 2011 at 9:15 PM. Reason : ^]

2/11/2011 9:14:18 PM