How many calories in light beer
A bottle of light beer has about 100 kcal, most of it from the alcohol.
Portion
To burn it off
Light beer is brewed with less sugar left in it and often a bit less alcohol. So it has fewer calories but still tastes like beer.
A bottle is about 100 kcal with 6 g of carbs. An ordinary bottle of lager is 140, so you save 40 a bottle.
That's 160 less over four bottles. Not huge, but it adds up over a summer of barbecues.
Tips
- 1Pour it into a glass, it tastes better and you'll drink it slower.
- 2Swap every other bottle for an alcohol free one.
- 3Keep it cold, light beers go flat fast when warm.
Where it comes from
Light beer was worked out by Joseph Owades, a biochemist at the Rheingold brewery in Brooklyn, who used an enzyme that let yeast eat more of the starch. Rheingold sold it as Gablinger's Diet Beer in 1967, and it flopped. The recipe ended up at Miller, which called it Miller Lite in 1975 and sold it as less filling rather than diet, and that worked.
Where does our food come from? · Source: The New York Sun, Joseph Owades, 86, Devised Recipe for Light Beer
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Questions
Is light beer lower than normal beer?
Yes. A bottle is about 100 kcal against 140 for an ordinary lager.
Is light beer lower than alcohol free beer?
No. An alcohol free bottle is about 70 kcal, so that's lower still.
How many carbs are in a light beer?
About 6 g in a 330 ml bottle.
How many calories in a pint of light beer?
About 170 kcal for a 568 ml pint, against roughly 240 for a pint of ordinary lager.
Is light beer lower in calories than radler?
Yes. A 330 ml bottle of light beer is about 100 kcal, and the same amount of radler about 130.
