Alcohol Content, Calories, and Carbs in Beer

I get asked the following questions a hundred times a day:

"How much alcohol is in my beer?"
"What is the alcohol content of different beers?"
"How many calories are in beer?"
"How many carbs do I have in my beer?"

I usually answer, "Who cares....doesn't it taste good, don't you enjoy it, don't you have more important things to worry about? But today I will give you the correct answer to your questions about the alcohol content in different beers, the calories in these beers, and the total carbs for each beer.

There are some very nice tables on the internet you can use. My two favorites are found at RealBeer.com and Beer100.com. These tables list different beers, the alcohol content, the calories in each beer, and the carbs for the beers. The following example chart is from Beer100.com :

Brand	Brewery	% Alcohol	Calories/12 oz	Carbs
Anchor Porter	Anchor	5.6	209	*
Anchor Steam	Anchor	4.9	153	16.0
Anheuser Busch Natural Light	Anheuser Busch	4.2	95	3.2
Anheuser Busch Natural Ice	Anheuser Busch	5.9	157	8.9
Aspen Edge	Adolph Coors	4.1	94	2.6
Blatz Beer	Pabst	4.8	153	12.5
Blatz Light	Pabst	*	*	8.5
Blue Moon	Adolph Coors	5.4	171	13.7
Bud Dry	Anheuser Busch	5.0	130	7.8
Bud Ice	Anheuser Busch	5.5	148	8.9
Bud Ice Light	Anheuser Busch	4.1	110	6.5
Bud Light	Anheuser Busch	4.2	110	6.6
Budweiser	Anheuser Busch	5.0	145	10.6
Budweiser Select	Anheuser Busch	4.3	99	3.1
Busch Beer	Anheuser Busch	4.6	133	10.2
Busch Ice	Anheuser Busch	5.9	169	12.5
Busch Light	Anheuser Busch	4.2	110	6.7
Carling Black Label	G. Heileman	4.3	138	12.5
Colt 45 Malt Liquor	G. Heileman	6.1	174	11.1
Coors Banquet Beer	Adolph Coors	5.0	142	10.6
Coors Light	Adolph Coors	4.2	102	5.0
Genesee Beer	High Falls Brewing	4.5	148	13.5
Genesee Cream Ale	High Falls Brewing	5.1	162	15.0
Genesee Ice	High Falls Brewing	5.9	156	14.5
Genesee Red	High Falls Brewing	4.9	148	14.0
George Killian's Irish Red	Adolph Coors	4.9	163	13.8
Icehouse	Miller	5	132	8.7
Icehouse	Miller	5.5	149	9.8
Hamm's Beer	Miller	4.7	144	12.1
Hamm's Golden Draft	Miller	4.7	144	12.1
Hamm's Special Light	Miller	4.1	110	7.3
Keystone Premium	Adolph Coors	4.4	108	5.0
Keystone Light	Adolph Coors	4.2	104	5.1
Keystone Ice	Adolph Coors	5.9	143	6.6
Leinenkugel Honey Weiss	Leinenkugel	4.92	149	12.0
Leinenkugel Northwoods Lager	Leinenkugel	4.94	163	15.3
Leinenkugel Original	Leinenkugel	4.67	152	13.9
Leinenkugel Creamy Dark	Leinenkugel	4.94	170	16.8
Leinenkugel Red	Leinenkugel	4.94	166	16.2
Leinenkugel Light	Leinenkugel	4.19	105	5.7
Leinenkugel Amber Light	Leinenkugel	4.14	110	7.4
Lowenbrau Dark		5.0	160
Lowenbrau Special Beer		5.2	160
Magnum Malt Liquor	Miller	5.6	157	11.2
Michael Shea's	High Falls Brewing	4.62	145	13.0
Michelob Amber Boch	Anheuser Busch	5.2	166	15.0
Michelob Beer	Anheuser Busch	5.0	155	13.3
Michelob Golden Draft	Anheuser Busch	4.7	152	14.1
Michelob Golden Draft Light	Anheuser Busch	4.1	110	7.0
Michelob Honey Lager	Anheuser Busch	4.9	175	17.9
Michelob Light	Anheuser Busch	4.3	113	6.7
Michelob Ultra	Anheuser Busch	4.1	95	2.6
Mickey's Fine Malt Liquor	Miller	5.6	157	11.2
Miller Genuine Draft	Miller	4.7	143	13.1
Miller Genuine Draft Light	Miller	4.2	110	7
Miller High Life	Miller	4.7	143	13.1
Miller High Life Light	Miller	4.2	110	7
Miller Lite	Miller	4.2	96	3.2
Milwaukee's Best	Miller	4.5	128	11.4
Milwaukee's Best Light	Miller	4.5	98	3.5
Milwaukee's Best Ice	Miller	5.9	144	7.3
O'Doul's	Anheuser Busch	0.4	70	13.3
Old Milwaukee Light	Stroh	3.8	114	8.3
Old Milwaukee Beer	Stroh	4.5	146	12.9
Olde English 800 Malt Liquor	Miller	5.9	160	10.5
Olympia Premium Lager	Pabst	4.7	146	11.9
Pabst Blue Ribbon	Pabst	5.0	153	12.01
Pabst Extra Light Low Alcohol	Pabst	2.5	67	*
Pete's Wicked Ale		5.3	174	17.7
Red Hook ESB	Red Hook	5.77	179	14.15
Red Hook IPA	Red Hook	6.5	188	12.66
Rolling Rock Extra Pale	Latrobe	4.6	142
Rolling Rock Premium Beer	Latrobe	4.5	120	10.0
Sam Adams Boston Lager	Boston Beer	4.75	160	18.0
Sam Adams Boston Ale	Boston Beer	4.94	160	19.9
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat	Boston Beer	5.2	166	16.86
Sam Adams Cream Stout	Boston Beer	4.69	195	23.94
Sam Adams IPA	Boston Beer	5.93	175
Sam Adams Light	Boston Beer		124	9.7
Sam Adams Pale Ale	Boston Beer	5.25	145
Schaefer Beer	Pabst	4.6	142	12.00
Schlitz Beer	Pabst	4.7	146	12.1
Schlitz Light	Pabst	4.2	110	*
Schlitz Malt Liquor	Pabst	6.2	185	*
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale	Sierra Nevada	5.6	200	12.3
Sierra Nevada Porter	Sierra Nevada	5.6	200	15.7
Sierra Nevada Stout	Sierra Nevada	5.8	210	19.4
Signature Stroh Beer	Pabst	4.8	153	*
Stroh's Beer	Pabst	4.6	149	12.0
Stroh's Light	Pabst	4.4	113	7
Tuborg Deluxe Dark Export	G. Heileman	5.1	163
Tuborg Export Quality	G. Heileman	5.0	156
Weinhard's Private Reserve	Miller	4.8	150	9.9
Weinhard's Amber Light	Miller	4.2	135	11.5
Weinhard's Hefeweizen	Miller	4.9	151	12.2
Weinhard's Blonde Lager	Miller	5.1	161	14.0
Weinhard's Pale Ale	Miller	4.6	147	13
Yuengling Ale	D.G. Yuengilng	5.0	145	10
Yuengling Porter	D.G. Yuengilng	4.5	150	14
Yuengling Premium Beer	D.G. Yuengling	4.4	135	12
Yuengling Light	D.G. Yuengling	3.8	98	6.6
Yuengling Lager	D.G. Yuengling	4.4	135	12

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Miller Brewing Company’s new Anti – Man Laws

Let’s face it Miller Brewing Company has a problem with identity in its message to consumers. The underlying core of advertising is to find the distinctive traits of a product and promote its unique characteristics. That’s simple for most, not for Miller. Let me explain:

The wrong people are making the decisions for the direction of the company. Career longevity is not a word that can be used to describe Miller’s corporate sales force or advertising department. We even have a name to distinguish our Miller reps…Fast Larry. Some examples, “Why didn’t Fast Larry go out in the market today?” or “What did Fast Larry want on the phone?” We see a revolving door of Larry’s and I forget their names nowadays. Miller reps have become telemarketers with an in and out attitude. A quick call or a drive by the warehouse is what I get. This attitude will not sell more product, period. To increase sales and build product awareness you must learn the intricacies of the distributor’s business, understand market or territorial differences and habits, and build relationships with customers. I guess a short stint at Miller looks good on a resume. Let me clarify that I am not talking about the people that actually make the beer and work in the breweries. The brewery employees that work in Miller’s numerous plants are the backbone of the company. The longtime, career brewery employees should make the decisions or have a say in initiatives that comprise or affect the brewery’s core values and beliefs in regard to the message of the product in advertising. Finally, the Miller Distributors who have a long term, vested interest in Miller and the message that Miller delivers to the consumer should be allowed to voice their opinions about the advertising. I mean, what distributor in his right mind would have shelved "Taste great, Less filling" for "It's it and that's that" or the "Dick" fiasco.

As far as the direction of the new advertising of Miller Lite, I think we’ve missed badly with the More Taste League. Though I personally like his acting, John C. McGinley can’t stand up to manly men George Clooney's Bud voiceover commercials and Sam Elliot’s Coors voiceovers. When I think of McGinley, I think of his roles in Platoon, Office Space, and Wild Hogs. These were great character roles, but not ones that should be associated with Miller Lite, especially after Man Laws. Also, watch for A/B to start gaining share again. The new Bud Light creative "Dude" is hilarious and delivers its message simply, with one word that resonates perfectly in the lifestyle of our faithful, beercentric consumers.

Look for another downward spiral in Miller sales while the marketing and adverising geniuses search for a "new" identity and hit and miss philosphy of provoking Anheuser-Busch. Why not use the time-tested justification of the virtues of the product....Miller Lite has less calories than regular beer and it tastes wonderful. The distributors and brewers will make sure the product is in the hands of the consumer and the quality is exceptional.

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To the Breweries and Ad Agencies about Beer Advertising.

To the Breweries and Ad Agencies about Beer Advertising.
Yes, I can do it better. No, I'm no genius by any means, I'm just a guy who loves selling beer. I sell beer locally and I know my retailers and customers personally. I know what the consumer wants from beer advertising and it reaches out to all demographics---tell the story of how the beer gets to the store or bar. Promote the message of "support" for your local beer man (or woman). Use of route trucks, temperamental convenience store clerks, overturned product, peculiarities that arise daily on a route, etc. I know of no other job in our country that affords a man or woman the sights they will see during a day of calling on 20-25 beer accounts. It's unpredictable, somtimes frustrating, often fulfilling, and can be downright hilarious. Remember, you have all the ideas in the world right here with me....and you heard it here first.

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