Who loves beer? I love beer.

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If you figure this out PLEASE let me know. I am positive the belly pooch I have is 75% a result of the 4-6 beers I have a week. But they taste so good! New Belgium 1554.... heaven in a bottle

http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/slideshow-best-beers

thought this was interesting. I love beer. I especially love beers that are terrible for me. Hoppy microbrews...they're the worst, and the best, haha. anyways good luck!

I love beer too (the good ones... microbrews).

I cut back my beer consumption to no more than 3 a week. I am a member of a brewery mug club, so each of these are 22oz. I have found that lighter beers are lower in calories (Wheats, IPAs, Saison...) compared to my personal favs: Stouts and Ales (not Pale Ales though).

I plan out my beer drinking days so that I eat healthy and light, and really exercise to offset the additional beer calories.


Internet research says:

Anchor Brewing Company -
Anchor is one of the largest microbreweries in the country, distributing to all area of the nation. According to Beer100.com, a 12-oz. serving of its Anchor Steam Ale contains 153 calories, and its Anchor Porter contains 209 per serving.

New Belgium Brewing -
Of the eight beers New Belgium Brewing produces, half contain 200 or more calories. According to Beer100, the Colorado-based brewer's Trippel leads the menu with 215 calories per 12 oz. Its 2 Below and Abbey Ale each have 200 per serving. New Belgium's flagship beer, Fat Tire, has 160 per serving.
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing makes five year-round beers. Its pale ale, porter and stout are among its best known offerings. According to Brewery.org, the pale ale contains 45 calories per 100 ml, or 157.5 calories per 12-oz. serving. Sierra Nevada Porter contains 168 calories, while its stout has 196 in a serving.
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Delaware is revered among microbrew enthusiasts. A 2010 article in "The Washington Post" reports that many of the brewer's beers contain in excess of 400 calories. Its World Wide Stout, for example, contains 666 calories per 12 oz.

Flying Dog Brewery- Flying Dog produces a wide variety of beers, including 10 year-round beverages and four seasonal brews. The Flying Dog Gonzo has the highest calorie content of its regularly produced beers, with 271 per 12-oz. serving, according to Beer100.com.





References

Nola.com: Control your calories, and you'll be lookin' good in a month
"The Washington Post": Beer: Do craft drinkers care about calories?
Beer100: Beer Calories, Beer Alcohol, Beer Carb Content
Brewery.org: Alcohol and Calorie Content of About 200 Popular Beers
Sierra Nevada: Our Beers
Flying Dog: Beer Pack

alternatebetween beer and water, ounce for ounce, you will feel like you are drinking beer the whole time but you will save loads on calories and MONEY! By the time the beer taste is "washing" away, it will be time for the beer again!

Goodness...don't cut out the good stuff! But I find I have to do a bit of exercise to fit more booze into my day. Or fiddle around with my food choices that day to cut back a bit on cals but still aim to hit close to my macros. It's all about planning...I do not plan to ever cut out booze from my life.

Guinness. 12 oz = 126 cals, 10 carbs.

Comparable calorically to the "best" of the light beers. But a hell of a lot a better than any light beer, imo

I cut the drinking to the weekends and lost 10 pounds right away (with some exercise; went from 225 to 215 before I started this). That was still having 3-4 a night friday sat and sunday. I'm trimming it back a little farther just to see how far I can push, but there's still room in my 1900 for vodka, beer, or cabernet somehow, and I'm losing weight like crazy.

I found that if I waited to crack that first one until 5pm I tended to drink less, but I didn't go nuts.

I don't think beer is a problem. Find a local chapter of Hash House Harriers (billed as the drinking club with a running problem). A few years ago I did a couple of 24 hour runs (take a team of 10 keep a person running the whole 24 hours) and at each was a chapter of HHH.

Those guys/gals drank the entire 24 hours and it certainly didn't slow them down, plus you probably couldn't have scraped enough fat off of the lot of them to fry up a chicken.

I'm going with it being the totality of calories in/calories burned that matter the most. Yes, the composite of those calories matter some in the fueling but the whole thing is about enhancing your life...not restricting it.

Just my opinion.

Instead of drinking watered down piss, try to just cut down on your consumption of beer. That's what I did. Maybe in your 4 hour stretch at the bar only have at total of two beers? Go day-by-day and work on drinking half the beers you would have had for that day. Or start with eliminating one a day, and if there's a day you only have one, don't have any. I would like to keep drinking the beer I love instead of down grading on taste personally. It's also more of a treat for me when I have a couple if I don't drink that often. (: Good luck!

So I have been trying to cut down on the amount of beer I consume in a given week, and am finding myself not doing that....at all. haha. I am working on losing body fat and I know my alcohol consumtion is only hurting me. I primarily drink micro/craft beers since they are the most delicious, however they are also the highest in calories and carbs. I dont drink a ton....maybe like 6-12 beers a week, depending on the week. I play guitar and sing every monday at a local sports bar, so I tend to consume most of my alcohol during the 4 hour stretch I am there.

I decided cutting beer out all together is NOT something that I really want to do, so I am looking for some suggestions that maybe I am not aware of for some really good, lower calorie, brews. Please dont say Miller Light. I am pretty well versed on craft beers but the ones I usually drink are close to 200 cals a piece, if not more. Any suggestions? Cheers! :drinker:

Fit it into your calories, and don't worry about it. Alcohol won't hurt you as long as you don't drink to excess, and as long as you stick to your calorie goal. In fact, moderate alcohol consumption can actually improve both insulin sensitivity, and cholesterol levels.

When you're saying 6 beers a week, generally 4 at the bar in one night, are you talking 12oz bottles or full pints? One way to drop the calorie count is simply reduce the quantity. Go from 6 to 5 or 16oz down to 12oz. Calorie budget what you plan on drinking and force yourself to not go over. Still get to enjoy a good beer, just not quite as much of it.

Like you I am almost strictly a craft brew drinker and don't think there are many beers worth drinking that come in under 250 cal for a pint. I've simply cut back to 1-2 a week, or less. Hoegaarden comes in at about 150 cal for 12oz and Pyramid Hefeweizen I believe is around 180 cal for 12oz, and those are probably the "healthiest" of what I drink.

This^. Exactly (:

I love beer too...I tried giving it up completely for awhile, but it made me miserable to go out with my husband, friends, etc. and watch them drinking delicious beers while I drank water. What's worked well for me is trying to find a couple lighter beers that don't suck (I like Sam Adams Light okay, as well as the Shiner light blonde). I will get one of those if they are available, and sometimes that will make me feel better about everyone else drinking because I actually enjoy them. Sometimes, though, that's just not going to do it...so I just try to make sure to leave room in my calories for a Boulevard Wheat (or three) or whatever if I know I'm going to be out and want one (or three). I might never have flat abs, but being able to have good beer when I want it is more important to me than perfect abs anyway.

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