Beer Calories

Like other alcoholic beverages, beer gets a lot of its calories from the alcohol. So when drinking beer, the higher the alcohol percentage - the more beer calories you're consuming. Besides the alcohol there is still a substantial amount of carbs in the beer, that also contributes to the level of beer calories.

Let's take Budweiser beer for example. In 1 can (12 fl oz) of Budweiser with 5.0% alcohol you get 146 beer calories. The alcohol is responsible for almost 100 calories! The carbs - around 40 calories, and rest is only 6 calories.

Compare that with Budweiser Light with 4.2% alcohol. Its 110 beer calories are divided: around 84 from alcohol, around 26 from the carbs. So alcohol level make a lot of difference!

Here are a few more example of beer calories:

• Blue Moon (5.4%) - 171 beer calories


• Budweiser (5.0%) - 146 beer calories


• Bud Light (4.2%) - 110 beer calories


• Genesee Beer (4.5%) - 148 beer calories


• Icehouse (5.0%) - 132 beer calories


• Keystone Ice (5.9%) - 143 beer calories


• Keystone Premium (4.4%) - 108 beer calories


• Michelob Beer (5.0%) - 155 beer calories


• Michelob Golden Draft (4.7%) - 152 beer calories


• Michelob Golden Draft Light (4.1%) - 110 beer calories


• Michelob Ultra (4.1%) - 95 beer calories


• Miller Genuine Draft (4.7%) - 143 beer calories


• Miller Genuine Draft Light (4.2%) - 110 beer calories


• Miller Lite (4.2%) - 96 beer calories


• Sam Adams Boston Lager (4.75%) - 160 beer calories


• Sam Adams Cream Stout (4.69%) - 195 beer calories


• Sam Adams IPA (5.93%) - 175 beer calories


• Sam Adams Light (4.05%) - 124 beer calories

More beer calories

But wait! What about the beer belly? Can you really get a beer belly by drinking a 146 calories can of beer? Are those beer calories any different from other calories???

Well the answer is quite simple. A lot of people don't drink a single can of beer. They drink a lot of beer! And the beer calories add up! Plus, they will usually use their free hand (the one not holding the beer) to eat bar food, snacks or fast food which is very high in fat and calories. So there is probably much more than beer calories in that beer belly!

Remember that beer calories are not the healthiest choice. So if you are concerned about your calories intake, you should either give up beer and alcohol, or consume it very moderately.