Top 5 High and Low Calorie Craft Beers

Posted: January 17, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Articles | Tags: | Leave a comment »

Keeping with resolutions to lose weight, you don’t have to sacrifice taste for calories. Here are the Top 5 low and high calorie craft beers (based on 12-ounce servings).

Top 5 Low Calorie Craft Beers

  • Full Sail Session Lager
    Style: American Pale Ale
    ABV: 5.10%
    Calories:130
  • Victory Prima Pils
    Style: German Pilsner
    ABV: 5:30%
    Calories: 150
  • Guinness Stout
    Style: Irish Dry Stout
    ABV: 4.20%
    Calories: 126
  • Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale
    Style: Kölsch
    ABV: 5.10%
    Calories: 124
  • Sam Adams Light
    Style: Light Lager
    ABV: 4.00%
    Calories: 124

    • Top 5 High Calorie Craft Beers

  • BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin
    Style: Imperial Stout
    ABV: 32.00%
    Calories: 960
    Food Equivalent: Wendy’s Baconator® & Oreo® Frosty™ Parfait
  • Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
    Style: American Double/Imperial IPA
    ABV: 18.00%
    Calories: 450
    Food Equivalent: Cold Stone Chocolate Cake Batter ice cream with Heath Toffee Bar topping
  • Dogfish Head World Wide Stout
    Style: American Double/Imperial Stout
    ABV: 18.00%
    Calories: 372
    Food Equivalent: KFC Grilled Drumstick Value Box
  • Sam Adams Imperial White
    Style: Witbier
    ABV: 10.30%
    Calories: 340
    Food Equivalent: Krispy Kreme Chocolate Kreme Filled Donut
  • Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
    Style: American Barleywine
    ABV: 9.60%
    Calories: 330
    Food Equivalent: 8-ounce steak

    • I’m going to be quite honest with you. Go ahead and drink some of those high calorie beers as well because they are also very delicious and worth the extra run at the gym.