Home brew cider??

SunshineAndLove
SunshineAndLove Posts: 194 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
Hello, can anyone hazard a guess as to how many calories there might be in a pint of home brewed cider??

We've (I say we, it's really my other half) got a keg of lime and raspberry cider brewing and I'll be drinking it while away this weekend and would like to know how many cals I'm consuming... I haven't been able to find anything decisive on the net!

Thanks :-)

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  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I'd probably estimate it with something like a fruit beer.. something like a raspberry wheat, Woodchuck Cider, etc. I'm not a strict, accurate calorie counter, myself.. I just estimate approximately 150 calories per pint of beer and I don't seem to have any issues losing weight with this method.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Did you take starting gravity reading?

    This lets you calculate calories and carbs in beer, using starting and final gravity. http://www.mrgoodbeer.com/carb-cal.shtml
    Not sure if it's applicable to cider, but it may get you in the right ballpark.

    Failing that, I'd just pick some random commercial cider and log that instead.
  • p0pr0cksnc0ke
    p0pr0cksnc0ke Posts: 1,283 Member
    mmmmmm cider
  • SunshineAndLove
    SunshineAndLove Posts: 194 Member
    Did you take starting gravity reading?

    This lets you calculate calories and carbs in beer, using starting and final gravity. http://www.mrgoodbeer.com/carb-cal.shtml
    Not sure if it's applicable to cider, but it may get you in the right ballpark.

    Failing that, I'd just pick some random commercial cider and log that instead.

    Thanks for the info, unfortunately he didn't take a starting gravity reading but I might just take the cals of a commercial cider as you suggest, 250 cals some of them though!!
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    Did you take starting gravity reading?

    This lets you calculate calories and carbs in beer, using starting and final gravity. http://www.mrgoodbeer.com/carb-cal.shtml
    Not sure if it's applicable to cider, but it may get you in the right ballpark.

    Failing that, I'd just pick some random commercial cider and log that instead.

    Thanks for the info, unfortunately he didn't take a starting gravity reading but I might just take the cals of a commercial cider as you suggest, 250 cals some of them though!!

    I don't think 250 sounds unreasonable for a cider. Love my adult beverages, but I hate their calories.
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