low calorie alcoholic beverages?

mish24canada · June 2013

Hi was just wondering with summer around the corner what alcholic beverages you like that are low calorie and taste good

Francl27 · June 2013

A beer is around 160 calories I think? Easy to fit in.

dixielawgirl · June 2013

just a few ideas:

wine
citrus vodka & soda (not tonic)
light beer
vanilla rum & diet coke
skinny mojitos

bwogilvie · June 2013

A gin & tonic with 1 shot (1.5 oz.) 80-proof gin, a squeeze of lime juice, and diet tonic water is almost exactly 100 calories. (97 for the gin, according to the USDA database, and a couple for the lime juice.)

alicecorsiatto · June 2013

I enjoy a glass of Vodka with a club soda and a squirt of MIO in whatever flavor you like. It is quite a refreshing hot day drink and only calories are from the vodka.
Also Molson Canadian 67 lime beers are fairly tasty. Can't go too wrong for 67 calories.

bcattoes · June 2013

Wine is my adult beverage of choice. I also like some of the light beers, especially with citrus fruit slices added. Dark beers are too heavy for hot weather IMO.

I also sometimes make Sangria with diet cranberry juice and chopped fruit (and red wine, of course), and maybe a splash of vodka or spiced rum if I want a higher alcohol content. That is very refreshing on a hot day and about 100 calories per glass.

mrmagee3 · June 2013

Scotch.

imtrinat · June 2013

Vodka, club soda, and lime is my fave. Throw a slice of cucumber, fruit, etc in there. mmm! Also, white zinfandel with club soda and fruit. double mmm!

Jen21878 · June 2013

There are a lot of light beers out now that are less than 100 cals. ex: Mich Ultra - 95 cals.

I like cherry vodka & sodas b/c the soda water has no calls at all!! And it's refreshing!

NathanFronk · June 2013

Grey Goose on the rocks with a lime.

During summer memosas and vodka-orange juices seem popular. But orange juice is very high in calories and sugar. If you drink either of these beverages use water with a splash of OJ (or half water half OJ at most).

chadraeder3 · June 2013

I like absinthe drinks, normally 1 sugar cube some absinthe and water that is all you need it is a show jut to watch it being made and you drink it slow savor the herbal taste the licorice smell.

Not a ton of bars have absinthe then I will have a Bacardi and coke. I will go for quality over quantity now.

Alcohol is about as calorie dense nutritionally light as you can get but life without pleasures is not worth living moderation is a key.

pjp1125 · June 2013

While I am not a huge fan- Corona lights are under 100 calories per, and with lime they make a passable summer drink.

sunshinesquared · June 2013

There are a lot of light beers out now that are less than 100 cals. ex: Mich Ultra - 95 cals.

^^This!

blondageh · June 2013

I drink Bud Select 55 - 55 calories each. HOWEVER, they are pretty much just water so I don't feel any sort of happy unless I down 6-7 and then it is kind of negating the whole low calorie drink thing.

ashleybreanna13 · June 2013

Coors Light is 102 calories. Not bad!
otherwise I would try Mimosa lite with lo-calorie fruit juice
mmmm summer

JillKad · June 2013

Miller Lite is only 97 Calories per 12 oz. bottle. Also, Summer Shandy by leinenkugel's is only 130 calories per 12 oz. bottle (opposed to the Bud Light Lime-a-rita's that are about 330 cals)

Im a HUGE fan of Vodka Soda Waters with a lemon and lime, or look up recipes for skinny maragaritas. I had one at Rojo that was only 97 calories!