St. Patrick's Day Beers With 99 Calories or Less

Posted on Mar 16th 2011 12:00PM by Tricia Tisak

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St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, and with it plenty of green beer and pub food. But before the merriment begins, remember that alcoholic beverages fall within the "empty calorie" category (food and drinks that are high in caloric content but low in nutritional benefits). With that in mind, here are nine beers that are 99 calories or less, from lowest to highest.

*Values are based on a 12-ounce serving

Miller Genuine Draft 64: 64 calories and 2.6 grams of carbohydrates

Michelob Ultra: 95 calories and 2.6 grams of carbohydrates

Anheuser Busch Natural Light: 95 calories and 3.2 grams of carbohydrates

Miller Lite: 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbohydrates

Milwaukee's Best Light: 98 calories and 3.5 grams of carbohydrates

Yuengling Light: 98 calories and 6.6 grams of carbohydrates

Budweiser Select: 99 calories and 3.1 grams of carbohydrates

Amstel Light: 99 calories and 5.33 grams of carbohydrates

Heineken Light: 99 calories and 6.8 grams of carbohydrates

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

ajschrod 3-16-2011 @ 8:21PM

Look! If you're going to drink "beer", DRINK IT! If you worry about calories, what you're drinking is flavored water--NOT BEER!

Darlene 3-16-2011 @ 8:23PM

You left off the lowest: Budweiser Select 55. It has 55 calories and 1.9 grams of carbs!

Scans 3-16-2011 @ 10:51PM

Bud Select 55 also has half the alcohol of a regular beer. That can be a plus or a minus depending what you're looking for, personally a plus to me.

maizenbluedoc 3-16-2011 @ 9:36PM

I tried it ONCE. Without doubt, the worst beer I have ever tried (well maybe Narragansett was worse). Never again.

bob parks 3-16-2011 @ 9:54PM

55 calories isn't beer. It's called water.

Mark R-B 3-16-2011 @ 8:28PM

Uhmmm...You forgot Bud Select 55....55 calories, not sure on the carbs. Taste alright for such a light beer.

Griff 3-17-2011 @ 6:26AM

I fully agree. It is my beer of choice

AndersonMethod 3-16-2011 @ 9:01PM

As a nationally recognized expert in weight loss, Licensed Psychotherapist, author of "The Anderson Method", and committed guilt-free beer drinker, I am shocked that you didn't know about Select 55 at only 55 calories per beer! How can we trust AOL as a reliable source with this kind of gaffe?

wisconsn 3-16-2011 @ 9:16PM

does anyone know why ...

sex in a canoe is like drinking a light beer ?

they are both like f...ing near water !

bob parks 3-16-2011 @ 9:30PM

I HATE lite beer !!! HATE IT, HATE IT, HATE IT !! When I drink beer, I want REAL beer, not panther piss.

DaLump 3-16-2011 @ 11:15PM

If you want to drink pisswater then drink tasteless biers that are calorie lite. Real bier has calories, American chemical biers are an embarrasment.

Rozie 3-17-2011 @ 12:32PM

Your spelling of "biers" is also an embarrassmen; but you may have started celebrating early! Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Don 3-17-2011 @ 12:13AM

"Light" beers were created by demons from Hell to torture people with lack of taste.

jerry 3-17-2011 @ 2:55AM

Drink enough so you puke a lot and can't eat the next day, that should help you lose weight. It will not matter how many calories it has then.

Bob 3-17-2011 @ 6:29AM

You forgot the lowest... Bud Select 55

Davidg 3-17-2011 @ 9:44AM

I agree with those above who say.. you drink beer, REAL BEER for two reasons.. flavor and to get "relaxed".. If you can't afford the extra calories then perhaps you should NOT drink beer at all rather than encourage the market for TRASH beer! I've only had one "light" beer that was reasonable.. Amstel Light and that was only tolerable without anything really good to say about it, .. only NO bad characteristics.
Again, if you have to worry about the friggin' calories in your beer, don't drink it, .. drink seltzer instead.

dickn2000b 3-17-2011 @ 9:29AM

How anyone can drink what passes for beer in this country is beyond me. First, the basic brew is made from the cheapest ingredients possible. Then it's boiled which removes the carbon dioxide produced by natural fermentation. Then it's either concentrated for shipment elsewhere or water added to produce light beer. Finally, it's re-carbonated and packaged for consumption by we stupid Americans who apparently love to drink this cheap swill.

No Thanks! I only drink imported beer that I know has not been degraded, and is as natural as possible. Sorry, but no American rat piss for me.

becky 3-17-2011 @ 10:32AM

First of all there are several imported beers that meet the same poor standards you speak of. Second of all there are 1500 different breweries in the US, you are obviously drinking the wrong beers. There are small micro/craft breweries that make innovative, delicious, creative, and traditional beers that are full of flavor and they don't use cheap ingredients. Third the waterering down you are talking about is only the macro breweries making their light beers. Not all breweries do this. Fourth all wort has to be boiled. Every brewery does this for a couple reasons. One, to steralize, two this is when the hops and any other ingredients like herbs or spices can be added. The wort has to be brought to a boil in order to extract the hop oils. Oh and at this point in the process there is no co2 in it anyway. The little bit of carbonation that does come from fermentation isn't much which is why co2 is added or sometimes there are bottle conditioned beers. Or there is bottle conditioned beer which is unfiltered with yeast left in it and a secondary fermentation starts in the packaging. I strongly suggest you do some reasearch before making a comment like this. www.craftbeer.com is a good place to start.

becky 3-17-2011 @ 9:58AM

All those beers are so flavorless that I don't even know why someone would bother drinking beer if thats what they were going to drink.

Michael 3-17-2011 @ 10:03AM

Cheap American Beer (especially Budweiser) will only give you the headache and stomach upset you all have been accustomed to for far too long. Bud Select 55 is toilet water and anyone who says it is good is an absolute moron who wouldn't know good beer if they were hit over the head with it! Germany and other European nations have purity laws to protect the consumer from chemicals and substandard materials and for those of you who have been to Europe, you know that what is served there is not sent here (Heineken only exports there garbage beer unfit for their own consumption and you ca taste the difference). American beers are not true beers and are chemically enhanced so it can be pasteurized (boiled), concentrated and shipped else where to add polluted water at the bottling plant far from where the beer was manufactured. Anyone who has tasted a Coors beer in Colorado and then tasted one in Philadelphia can tell you how drastic the taste difference is just because of the change in water let alone the fact that Coors shipped Philadelphia was boiled first and has to be reconstituted with inferior water. Drink real beer if you want to enjoy a good beer and drink your diet beers if you like the taste of toilet water.

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