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    Lower calorie booze options?

    Posts: 86 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I'm planning a little get together with some friends, and we all like to have a drink or three when we get together. Can anyone recommend some lower calorie cocktails or beers that are still tasty?

    We're big fans of beer, but don't have many non-commercial options available in our town. We can get what Walmart or Safeway offers. Our liquor stores have about the same variety unfortunately. We like Fat Tire and Blue Moon, though. We also LOVE gin and tonics.

    Any suggestions would be very welcome!

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    • Posts: 1,748 Member
      vodka with a no cal mixer 64 calories/ounce. :p
      Any light liquor neat is pretty nice on the calories actually.
    • Posts: 1,787 Member
      I actually like the Smirnoff light sorbet vodka flavors, and they pack a pretty good alcohol wallop if you're into that. I don't recommend the Parrot Bay Island Breeze rums -- they're very low-calorie, but you might as well be drinking apple juice. I also like a good old-fashioned vodka tonic or vodka with flavored sparkling water.
    • Posts: 58 Member
      oh man, i love blue moon. you're making me thirsty ahaha!
    • Posts: 25 Member
      getdrunknotfat.com
      For all your alcohol info needs :-)
    • Posts: 205 Member
      I can usually fit an IPA into my daily calories (200-300 calories depending on brand/style for a 12oz) . However, if I know I'm going to have 2-3, I will generally hit the gym or take my pictured friend here for a nice walk before the get together.....
    • Posts: 86 Member
      amyrebeccah wrote: »
      You can get diet tonic water. Since it's already something you like, I'd use that to make gin and tonics.

      Is there a really noticeable taste difference between diet and regular tonic water?
    • Posts: 86 Member
      quintoespada wrote: »
      oh man, i love blue moon. you're making me thirsty ahaha!

      It's so good! I love me some beer, and Blue Moon is definitely one of the better options available around here.
    • Posts: 86 Member
      FrozenTundra511 wrote: »
      I can usually fit an IPA into my daily calories (200-300 calories depending on brand/style for a 12oz) . However, if I know I'm going to have 2-3, I will generally hit the gym or take my pictured friend here for a nice walk before the get together.....

      I definitely have a long walk with the dog planned earlier that day for sure! But it's nice to play it safe because I don't always stop drinking after the drinks I had planned lol!
    • Posts: 205 Member
      Don't beat yourself up if you exceed your daily caloric intake. Just be extra pro-active in the following days. Enjoy your walk with the pup and your gathering with your pals. :-)
    • Posts: 86 Member
      techreyes wrote: »
      getdrunknotfat.com
      For all your alcohol info needs :-)

      You, good sir, are quite awesome!
    • Posts: 25 Member
      edited April 2015
      Everclear and Fresca is my drink of choice. A little goes a loooooong way. Its the dieter's version of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: an alcoholic beverage invented by ex-President of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox, considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "Best Drink in Existence". Its effects are similar to having your brains smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
    • Posts: 86 Member
      techreyes wrote: »
      Everclear and Fresca is my drink of choice. A little goes a loooooong way. Its the dieter's version of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: an alcoholic beverage invented by ex-President of the Universe Zaphod Beeblebrox, considered by the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be the "Best Drink in Existence". Its effects are similar to having your brains smashed in by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

      Haha! That sounds awesome! I'm going to have to try that at some point!
    • Posts: 2,137 Member
      Stoli or Titos on the rocks-a little dirty with a couple of olives!
    • Posts: 1,307 Member
      the_nerdgasm wrote: »
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      Is there a really noticeable taste difference between diet and regular tonic water?

      You get used to the difference pretty quick. May want to add some extra lime or lemon or whatever you like. It's like diet soda. Once you get used to it you can't tell the difference.
    • Posts: 29 Member
      Diet tonic with lime and Bombay Sapphire gin.
    • Posts: 86 Member
      slaite1 wrote: »
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      You get used to the difference pretty quick. May want to add some extra lime or lemon or whatever you like. It's like diet soda. Once you get used to it you can't tell the difference.

      Awesome! I'll definitely be trying this out then!
    • Posts: 81 Member
      I got bored with vodka soda all the time and a friend told me to try vodka mixed with crystal light lemonade! Delicious!
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