How Many Calories Are in Gin & Cranberry Juice?

A cocktail mixed with gin and cranberry juice is referred to as the breakfast screwdriver. The breakfast screwdriver is made using 3 oz. of gin and 3 oz. of cranberry juice, according to Supercocktails.com.

Cranberry Juice

Cranberry juice has 15 calories and 4 g of carbohydrates per oz. The recommended three fluid ounces used to make a breakfast screwdriver equates to 45 calories and 12 g of carbohydrates from cranberry juice per drink.

Gin

One jigger, or 1.5 fluid ounces, of gin contains 97 calories. The suggested 3 fluid oz. of gin used to create a breakfast screwdriver would contain a total of 194 calories from gin per drink.

Caloric Total

If you choose to have a breakfast screwdriver and fix it as listed you will have consumed 239 calories per drink. Mixing a cranberry juice and gin with one jigger of gin, as opposed to two, and replacing it with cranberry juice would result in a drink consisting of 142 calories per drink.

References

• Super Cocktails: Breakfast Screwdriver Recipe
• My Fitness Pal: Calories In Gin
• My Fitness Pal: Calories In Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice