Beer Alcohol Content, Calories, Carbs & Ratings

Primer

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Did you know that there are over 80,000 different kinds of beer?!

Yes, yes – It’s a pretty awesome world we live in, I agree. But with so many options on the market, I feel it’s important for me to remind you that no site in the world will ever be able to keep up with every possible beer / brand and all of their nutritional information. That said – the general formula for a healtheir beer looks something like:

Light Beer + Low ABV = fewest calories & carbs

It’s an unfortunate truth if you are counting calories, but the fact of the matter is that (like most things that taste awesome) the better the beer, the more calories and carbs it’s going to pack. I feel that I should also mention quantity quickly. Yes a Miller lite only contains some 96 calories, But you know what? I would have to drink like 4 of those guys to equal one really good beer! Just something to keep in mind as you make your way through the following information.

~Cheers

 

The Most Popular Beers In America

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I’ve compiled more than 100 of the most popular beers in America and their respective nutritional information, beer alcohol content & Ratings. These are the kinds of beer you can expect to find in nearly any Grocery / Liquor store. The most popular beers in America list was determined purely by volume of sales ( not highest BA rating! ). If you noticed any of your favorite brews missing from this list – don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll make sure to add them to the list straight away.

Legend:

• BA Score = The BeerAdvocates.com Rating for the beer. If the beer wasn’t listed, RateBeer.com’s score was substituted.

Beer	Brewery / Brand	Alcohol % (ABV)	Calories	Carbs (g)	BA Score
1554 Enlightened Black Ale	New Belgium Brewing	5.6%	205	25	86
#9	Magic Hat Brewing Co.	5.10%	146	13	77
Alaskan Amber	Alaskan Brewing Co.	5.3%	180	20	82
Alaskan ESB	Alaskan Brewing Co.	5.00%	150		86
Alaskan Pale Ale	Alaskan Brewing Co.	4.6%	159		81
Alaskan Smoked Porter	Alaskan Brewing Co.	6.50%	195		93
Alaskan Stout	Alaskan Brewing Co.	5.7%	171		84
Alaskan Winter Ale	Alaskan Brewing Co.	6.40%	192		83
Amber Ale	Bell's	5.8%	190	15.7	86
Amstel Light	Amstel Light	3.5%	95	5	58
Apple Ginger Hard Cider	Angry Orchard	5%	190	26	44
Beck's Pilsner	Beck's	5.00%	143	10	65
Beck's Premier Light Beer	Beck's	2.3%	64	3.9	55
Black & Tan	Yuengling	4.7%	150	14	74
Blue Light Beer	Labatt	4.00%	111	8	54
Blue Moon Belgian White	Blue Moon Brewing Company	5.4%	171	13	78
Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale	Blue Moon Brewing Company	5.7%	180	15	72
Blue Moon Mountain Abbey Ale	Blue Moon Brewing Company	5.6%	168		75
Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat	Blue Moon Brewing Company	5.2%	164	13	71
Blue Moon Valencia Grove Amber	Blue Moon Brewing Company	5.9%			71
Blue Ribbon	Pabst	4.74%	144	12.8	68
Blue Ribbon Light	Pabst	4.19%	113	8.3	62
Bridge Burner	Lakefront Brewery	8.5%	255		86
Bud Ice	Budweiser	5.5%	148	8.9	47
Bud Ice Light	Budweiser	4.1%	110	6.5	45
Bud Light	Budweiser	4.2%	110	6.6	47
Budweiser	Budweiser	5.0%	143	10.6	56
Busch	Anheuser-Busch	4.6%	133	10.2	49
Busch Ice	Anheuser-Busch	5.9%	173	13	46
Busch Light	Anheuser-Busch	4.1%	95	3.2	46
Cherry Wheat	Sam Adams	5.3%	165	17	72
Cinnful Apple Hard Cider	Angry Orchard	5%	200	29	39
Coors Extra Gold	Coors	5.0%	147	10.7	60
Coors Light	Coors	4.2%	102	5.0	50
Coors NA	Coors	<0.5%	73	14.2	n/a
Coors Original	Coors	5.0%	148	11.3	61
Corona Extra	Corona	4.6%	148	13	56
Corona Light	Corona	4.5%	109	5	48
Crisp Apple Hard Cider	Angry Orchard	5.00%	210	30	47
Dark Beer	Beck's	4.8%	146	11	70
Dark Brewed Porter	Yuengling	4.5%	150	14	77
Dos Equis Amber Lager	Dos Equis	4.7%	146	11.6	72
Draught	Guiness	4.1%	215	18	87
Elder Betty	Magic Hat Brewing Co.	5.50%	165	13	76
Elderflower Hard Cider	Angry Orchard	5%	170	20	41
Extended Play	Lakefront Brewery	4.2%	126		85
Fat Tire Amber Ale	New Belgium Brewing	5.2%	155	13.7	81
Fixed Gear	Lakefront Brewery	6.8%	195		84
Fortune	Miller	6.9%	186	11.9	61
Fosters	Foster's Group Limited	5.00%	156	11	60
Genuine Draft 64	Miller	3.00%	64	2.4	43
Genuine Draft Beer	Miller	4.66%	143	13.1	55
Harvest Pumpkin Ale	Sam Adams	5.7%	199	19	79
Hefeweizen	Sam Adams	5.4%	180	17	73
Heineken	Heineken	5%	150	11.5	64
Heineken Premium Light	Heineken	3.2%	96	6.8	56
High Life Beer	Miller	4.6%	143	13.1	63
High Life Light Beer	Miller	4.5%	110	7	54
Honeycrisp Apple Wheat	Shock Top	5.2%	167	15	72
Howl	Magic Hat Brewing Co.	4.6%	165	14	83
IceHouse	Miller	5.5%	149	9.8	51
Labatt Blue	Labatt	5.00%	153	5	63
Lagunitas IPA	Lagunitas	6.2%	180	13	87
Lakefront IPA	Lakefront Brewery	6.9%	195	8	89
Latitude 48 IPA	Sam Adams	6.0%	206	12	81
Lemon Berry Shandy	leinenkugel	4.2%	126	32	70
Lemon Shandy	Shock Top	4.2%	126	3	66
Light Beer	Yuengling	3.5%	98	6.6	65
Light Beer	Sam Adams	4.00%	119	9.6	75
Light Lager	Yuengling	3.2%	99	8.5	66
Lite Beer	Miller	4.17%	96	3.2	59
MGD 64 Lemonade	Miller	2.8%	64	2.4	49
Michelob Ultra	Anheuser-Busch	4.2%	95	2.6	46
Mothership Wit	New Belgium Brewing	4.8%	155	13	82
Natural Light	Anheuser-Busch	4.2%	95	3.2	43
New Castle Brown Ale	The Caledonian Brewery Co.	4.7%	141	13	76
O'Doul's NA Beer	O'Doul's	.5%	65	13	50
Oberon Ale	Bell's	5.8%	170	14	86
Octoberfest	Sam Adams	5.3%	190	18.7	83
Oktoberfest	leinenkugel	5.10%	170	17.8	73
Peroni	Miller	5.10%	150	11.4	65
Premium	Yuengling	4.4%	135	12	67
Pumpkin Wheat	Shock Top	5.2%	168	15	71
Ranger IPA	New Belgium Brewing	6.5%	185	18	85
Red Stripe	Desnoes & Geddes Limited	4.7%	153	14	69
Redd's Apple Ale	Miller Brewing Co.	5.00%	165	17	63
Riverwest Stein	Lakefront Brewery	5.68%	180		86
Ruination IPA	Stone Brewing	8.2%	435	9	96
Sam Adams Boston Lager	Sam Adams	4.8%	160	18	84
Shock Top Belgian White	Shock Top	5.2%	168	15	69
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot	Sierra Nevada	9.9%	330	30.3	93
Sierra Nevada Celebration	Sierra Nevada	6.6%	214	19.4	93
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale	Sierra Nevada	5.7%	171	14.1	90
Sierra Nevada Porter	Sierra Nevada	5.7%	194	18.4	88
Sierra Nevada Stout	Sierra Nevada	6.4%	225	22.3	91
Sierra Nevada Sumerfest	Sierra Nevada	4.9%	158	13.7	83
Sierra Nevada Wheat	Sierra Nevada	4.7%	153	13.1	80
Snow Day	New Belgium Brewing	6.2%	190	14.2	83
Spotted Cow	New Glarus	4.8%	150	13	84
St. Pauli Girl Lager	St. Pauli Brauerei	4.9%	148	8.7	67
Stella Artois Lager	Stell Artois	5.00%	154	6.3	71
Summer Ale	Sam Adams	5.3%	166	14	76
Summer Shandy	leinenkugel	4.2%	130	12	72
Sunset Wheat	leinenkugel	4.9%	165	16	77
Traditional Dry Hard Cider	Angry Orchard	5.5%	190	22	37
Trippel Ale	New Belgium Brewing	7.8%	215	20	86
Tsing Tao	TsingTao Brewery Co.	4.8%			65
Two Hearted Ale	Bell's	7.0%	202	5	95
White Ale	Sam Adams	5.2%	175	9.8	79
XX Lager	Dos Equis	4.3%	130	9	64
Yuengling Traditional Lager	Yuengling	3.6%	96	8.5	78

**I’ve made every possible effort to make sure that this list is as accurate as possible, sourcing numerous reputable sites for nutritional information. That said, If you find any discrepancies with the above information – Please don’t hesitate to contact me.

 

Top 10 Lowest Calorie Beers

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In the world of beer: Calories = flavor. Sorry!

But if you are looking to shed a few pounds & still enjoy a cold brew with friends on nights out. Here are some of your best options…

#	Beer	Brewery	Calories
1	Genuine Draft	Miller	64
2	Amstel Light	Amstel	95
3	Busch Light	Anheuser-Busch	95
4	Michelob Ultra	Anheuser-Busch	95
5	Natural Light	Anheuser-Busch	95
6	Yuengling Traditional Lager	Yuengling	96
7	Miller Lite	Miller	96
8	Heineken Premium Light	Heineken	96
9	Corona Light	Corona	109
10	Bud Light	Budweiser	110

 

Top 10 Lowest Carb Beers

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If you are watching Carbs – This list is your new best drinking buddy!

#	Beer	Brewery	Carbs
1	Genuine Draft	Miller	2.4
2	MGD 64 Lemonade	Miller	2.4
3	Michelob Ultra	Anheuser-Busch	2.6
4	Lemon Shandy	Shock Top	3
5	Busch Light	Anheuser-Busch	3.2
6	Miller Lite	Miller	3.2
7	Natural Lite	Miller	3.2
8	Beck's Light Beer	Beck's	3.9
9	Coors Light	Coors	5
10	Two Hearted Ale	Bell's	5

 

References:

• FatSecret.com – Nutritonal Information
• BeerAdvocate.com – Beer ABV / Ratings
• RateBeer.com – Beer ABV / Ratings / Calorie Information