Calorie Content List for Alcohol

One gram of alcohol contains nine calories (versus four calories per gram of protein or carbohydrates). If you consume more calories than you expend, the extra calories from alcohol are stored as fat. The USDA encourages moderation (no more than two daily drinks for men and one for women). Caloric value varies among beers, liquors, wines and mixed drinks. Learn the calories of different drinks before you decide what to pour in your glass.

Beer

Beers listed below represent 12 oz. bottled versions. Corona Light contains 105 calories; Corona contains 148. Bud Light and Michelob Golden Draft Light beer each contain 110. Michelob Ultra contains 95 calories; Guinness contains 125. A Peroni has 150 calories; Stella Artois contains 135. Coors Light contains 102 calories, Blue Moon Honey Moon Summer Ale contains 157, and Yuengling Light has 99. Rolling Rock contains 120 calories, Bass 140 and Fat Tire 159. Shiner Bock beer has 142 calories; Dos Equis contains 156. Negra Modelo has 165 calories, Leffe Blonde beer has 200 and Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale has 161 calories.

Wine

Five oz. of Fetzer Riesling and Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill wine each contain 100 calories; 5.1 oz of Sutter Home's Shiraz contains 116 calories, while its Cabernet Sauvignon contains 138 calories. Franzia red table wine (5 oz.) and 3.5 oz of Gekkeikan Sake each contain 105 calories. Six oz. of Yellowtail chardonnay contains 114 calories, and 5 oz. of Sunset blush has 95.

Liquor

Caloric values listed below represent 1 oz. of liquor. Skyy vodka contains 70 calories; Jose Cuervo tequila, Jim Bean bourbon and Jameson Irish whiskey each contain 69 calories. Bombay Sapphire gin contains 59 calories; Bacardi Superior rum has 65.

Mixed Drinks

A Jose Cuervo margarita (8 oz.) contains 131 calories; 8 oz. of Jose Cuervo pre-mixed lime margarita contains 280. Two ounces of Bacardi Strawberry Daiquiri Mixer with a shot of rum contains 185 calories. A Manhattan is 210 calories; a Vodka Collins has 172. A gin and tonic contains 178 calories; a whiskey sour has 175. A martini contains 175 calories, a Bloody Mary 172. A rum and coke has 181 calories; a rum and Diet Coke has 133. A Long island iced tea has 275 calories.