Georgetown Patch recently asked local liquor stores what their highest selling brands were, and received mixed results across the board. Since Georgetown is comprised of students and other, more prosperous residents, differing tastes are represented. It’s pretty clear what kind of clientele these different stores have.

Unsurprisingly, Wagner’s and Towne Liquor listed Natural Light, Keystone Light, and Burnett’s making up the large part of their sales, with Four Loko and and Smirnoff Ice were also popular.

Potomac Wines and Spirits and Bacchus Wine Cellar list wine and champagne, like Ruinart and Blenheim Vineyards. Pappy Van Winkle 20 year Bourbon is popular at both locations, and Sam Adams is the only beer listed.

Dixie was not included in the survey. Maybe we should have a keg census this spring?

h/t: Georgetown Patch

Just like Philly P, parties with more than two kegs, and Dan Porterfield, another piece of college canon is leaving us for good. After a struggle led by pretty much everybody except college students, the Food and Drug Administration banned Four Loko and other caffeinated alcoholic drinks.

Today, the FDA sent letters to four companies—including Four Loko’s manufacturer, Phusion Products—informing them that the FDA had decided that adding caffeine to alcoholic beverages was unsafe. The companies must take action within fifteen days, or the FDA warns it will seize the products or seek a court order to ban the distribution of the products.

“FDA does not find support for the claim that the addition of caffeine to these alcoholic beverages is ‘generally recognized as safe,’ which is the legal standard,” Joshua M. Sharfstein, the FDA’s principal deputy commissioner, said in a statement. “To the contrary, there is evidence that the combinations of caffeine and alcohol in these products pose a public health concern.”

Just last night, Phusion took preemptive action by announcing that they would remove caffeine, taurine, and guanine—three of the four ingredients that give Four Loko its name—from their beverages.

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