CRAFT BEER LOVERS: How do you track beer calories?

segacs wrote: »

glevinso wrote: »

You have to be a little careful with that chart as an Imperial Stout at 9% will have more calories than a Double IPA at 9%. But in general - yea calories in beer pretty much correlate directly to ABV

Yeah, if you click on the link and read the preamble and mathematical formulas, it explains all that. The chart is a handy one if you drink a variety of different beers. It's more or less accurate to +-15% or so, but of course it's not perfect. If you drink a lot of heavy stouts or beers with high sugar content, you may want to err on the high side of this. I personally prefer pale ales, IPAs and dry, hoppy beers, so it's not much of an issue for me.

This isn't necessarily true.
The only thing beer is based around is sugar extraction. The way you get an imperial stout or an imperial IPA is the same... high sugar content fermenting to an alcohol content of over 7.5% ABV.
Often times thicker bodied beers are made by steeping the grains at a higher heat. It's easy to make a heavy bodied IPA, pale ale, etc just by steeping the grains at a higher temperature. The higher temperature extracts more complex sugar chains that are not typically fermented by yeast.
This doesn't mean that it correlates to higher calories. Either way the starting sugar content is not changing... the only thing changing is what can be fermented.

You may be surprised to find that your IIPA is going to be on par with an Imperial Stout of similar starting and finishing gravities.

Ill agree with that. I typically try to err on the side of the higher calorie range if I use the ABV calculator.

vfit10 wrote: »

Too many empty Cals

This thread isn't for you.

christinehuds wrote: »

glevinso wrote: »

vfit10 wrote: »

Too many empty Cals

This thread isn't for you.

There's nothing empty about beer

Agreed!

Without beer I would probably waste away to nothingness. I NEED those calories!

auddii wrote: »

segacs wrote: »

This is a brilliant resource for craft beer lovers. It allows you to quickly estimate the calories based on ABV:



beeroftomorrow.com/calories-in-craft-beer/

Speaking of which, I've got a brewery tasting event scheduled for this weekend, a beer and chocolate workshop next week, and of course a bunch of festivals this spring and summer.

Mmmm, craft beer...

Boo, the chart doesn't go up to 18%. It would have failed me last week. I use ratebeer or pick a similar beer with a higher calorie listing. I like erring on the side of caution.

It's a formula though - you can calculate it based on the pattern in the chart.

PRMinx wrote: »

auddii wrote: »

segacs wrote: »

This is a brilliant resource for craft beer lovers. It allows you to quickly estimate the calories based on ABV:



beeroftomorrow.com/calories-in-craft-beer/

Speaking of which, I've got a brewery tasting event scheduled for this weekend, a beer and chocolate workshop next week, and of course a bunch of festivals this spring and summer.

Mmmm, craft beer...

Boo, the chart doesn't go up to 18%. It would have failed me last week. I use ratebeer or pick a similar beer with a higher calorie listing. I like erring on the side of caution.

It's a formula though - you can calculate it based on the pattern in the chart.

This is what I get for trying to read the thread on my phone while out for a walk... :cheers:

vfit10 wrote: »

Too many empty Cals

oh yes...

getdrunknotfat.com has a pretty solid database

At the risk of sounding sexist I'm loving all the fellow females who have chipped in with beer suggestions. Although I don't indulge as often as I used to I still love a good porter or IPA and exercise (walk the pub) to earn the Cals in order to enjoy it.