Alcohol Counts
Alcohol packs seven calories per gram, falling just short of the nine calories found in a gram of fat and nearly twice that in a gram of protein or carbohydrate. Add fat-filled or sugary mixers, and the calories can reach 500 per drink. Here is a list of calorie counts for alcoholic beverages so you can see what they will cost you in calories this holiday season.
• Read more by Sally Squires.| Alcoholic Beverages | Beverage Serving Size (ounces) | Number of Alcohol Servings/Beverage | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | 12 | 1 | 150 |
| Light beer | 12 | 1 | 110 |
| Dark beer | 12 | 1 | 168 |
| Non-alcoholic beer | 12 | 1 | 70 |
| Distilled spirits (Scotch, vodka, bourbon, gin etc.) | 1.5 | 1 | 100 |
| Dry dessert wine*** | 5 | 1 | 198 |
| Sweet dessert wine*** | 5 | 1 | 344 |
| Red wine*** | 5 | 1 | 105 |
| White wine*** | 5 | 1 | 100 |
| Sparkling white wine*** | 5 | 1 | 106 |
| Amaretto sour** (Sweet and sour mix, almond amaretto liqueur, tequila, orange juice) | 6 | 4 | 421 |
| B-52** (Kahlua coffee liqueur, amaretto almond liqueur, Bailey's Irish Cream) | 1.5 | 1 | 91 |
| Bloody Mary** (Vodka, tomato juice, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, lime) | 4.6 | 1 | 120 |
| Chocolate martini** (Vodka, Creme de Cacao) | 2.5 | 1.67 | 188 |
| Cosmopolitan** (Vodka, Triple Sec, Rose's lime juice, cranberry juice) | 2.5 | 1.67 | 131 |
| Daiquiri** (Light rum, limes, powdered sugar) | 2.7 | 1 | 137 |
| Gin and tonic** (Gin, tonic water, lime) | 7 | 1.33 | 189 |
| Hurricane** (Dark rum, light rum, orange juice, pineapple juice, Grenadine, 151 proof rum, cherries, pineapple and sugar | 10.4 | 3 | 384 |
| Irish coffee** (Irish whiskey, coffee, sugar, whipped cream) | 10.2 | 1 | 159 |
| Mai Tai** (Dark rum, light rum, sweet and sour mix, grandaine, 151 proof rum, ice) | 4.9 | 1.82 | 306 |
| Kamikaze (Vodka, Triple Sec, lime juice) | 3 | 1 | 180 |
| Manhattan** (Whiskey, Vermouth, Bitters) | 2.1 | 1.33 | 132 |
| Margarita** (Coarse salt, lime, white Tequila, Triple Sec, lime juice, crushed ice) | 6.3 | 3 | 327 |
| Martini** (Gin, dry Vermouth) | 2 | 1.33 | 119 |
| Mudslide** (Vodka, coffee liqueur, Irish cream, vanilla ice cream) | 12 | 4 | 820 |
| Pina colada** (Malibu run, pineapple juice, cream | 8 | 2.13 | 312 |
| Rum and coke****) | 12 | 2.67 | 361 |
| Screwdriver** (Vodka, orange juice) | 7 | 1.33 | 208 |
| Whiskey Sour** (Whiskey, lemon juice, powdered sugar, cherry, lemon slice) | 3 | 1.33 | 125 |
**SOURCE: 2005 U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
* Caloric content will vary by recipe.
**Drinkmixer Web Site, drinksmixer.com
***Calorie King, calorieking.com
****Recipe provided by webtender.com as "typical rum and Coke recipe." Serving size is based on the recipe and calorie information was calculated with Coca-Cola calorie information and rum.
