Alcohol what to drink and what not to

Bourbon.

Vodka or Gin with Soda (Seltzer)

maxit wrote: »

whatever works within your calorie allowance

Less caloric drinks give him more calories for actual food. I assume that's why he is asking.

Jim Beam and Diet Coke works for me.

Be a gentleman and sip bourbon.

The best drinks for you are the ones you like. The worst ones are the ones you don't like. I say go for what you like and set aside the calories. What's the point of going out for a drink if you're not going to have what you want? That's what I think anyway.

Hi I have a 20 year hospitality background working in bars/bottle shops, and along the way read some facts about this. Barcardi is listed as the lowest in calories for spirits, beer is a lot lower in calories than spirits, and red wine has half the calories of white wine.
Hope this helps.... A good one to try is Barcardi with soda water (cutting out sugar instead from coke or lemonade) you can add natural juice in like lemon or lime juice, or cut a lemon or lime and place pieces into your glass, mint can also be added if you have a nice one for something different. Hope this is helpful. good luck on your weightloss journey.

I also like a tipple I have vodka and diet lemonade ... Got too have your treats .. Also gin and tonic ...

nattyanne123 wrote: »

Hi I have a 20 year hospitality background working in bars/bottle shops, and along the way read some facts about this. Barcardi is listed as the lowest in calories for spirits, beer is a lot lower in calories than spirits, and red wine has half the calories of white wine.
Hope this helps.... A good one to try is Barcardi with soda water (cutting out sugar instead from coke or lemonade) you can add natural juice in like lemon or lime juice, or cut a lemon or lime and place pieces into your glass, mint can also be added if you have a nice one for something different. Hope this is helpful. good luck on your weightloss journey.

Appreciate your desire to help, but I'm afraid a lot of that is not accurate. Most 80 proof liquors are going to be around 70 - 80 calories per ounce, so a 1.5oz pour runs about 110 calories. Most beers are going to be 150 and up unless you're drinking light beer and even then it's tough to go under 100 without subjecting yourself to things like MGD64, to which no one should subject themselves, except in the most dire of circumstances. Red and white wine are pretty close calorically; white tends to have a bit less than red. Typical middle of the road wines would run about 120 - 125 calories for a 5 ounce glass.

As mentioned above, getdrunknotfat.com is a helpful source of calories for various brands and types of alcoholic drinks.

I was told a few years back that clear liquor (vodka and gin) is metabolized in a way that does not promote weight gain the same way as dark liquor (rum, whisky, etc). I'm not sure what this means for white rum or clear tequila. I cannot say that I know this for sure so take it with a grain of salt, but if anyone else has opinions/knowledge on this it'd probably be useful. I normally just stick to vodka because it's always treated me better than the rest haha.

The other main thing I look out for is how much added sugar there is. Many cheap flavored vodkas use a sugary syrup to add flavoring. This adds both calories and sugar (the latter being the cause of a gnarly hangover in my experience.) In order to keep the caloric content the same the brand will have the flavored variety be 70 proof rather than 80. Nicer liquors will either infuse flavors (the way juniper is infused to make gin) or use a natural flavor which will not lead to as much added sugar. The same goes for Jack Daniels Honey, Fireball and Sinfire whiskeys, they're so sweet that I feel like I'm taking a shot of simple syrup.

Oh and last thing, using diet mixers (coke, sprite, tonic, what have you) get you buzzed a bit quicker. Full calorie sodas have tons of sugar (simple carbs) that are being digested with the alcohol whereas diet sodas have fake sugar. I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes in the long run but I think of a mixed drink with regular soda as the same as a diet mixed drink with half a slice of wonderbread on the side. Definitely not a healthy carb but still enough to subdue the effects of the alcohol.

Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?

Bacardi silver and diet coke (no spiced rum)

arditarose wrote: »

Whiskey. In a glass. Neat or on the rocks. Why complicate? Why soda?

Because the taste of liquor is awful!