Happy Hour

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Want to enjoy a cool refreshing BEER after work today?

After a long week in the office you deserve it, BUT... try to be conscious of WHAT you are drinking.

The fact of the matter is that all beers are not created equal. With the help of Beer 100 I have compiled a list of 14 beers UNDER 100 CALORIES (Choose these!) and 25 beers OVER 200 CALORIES (Steer clear of these!).

Great Happy Hour Choices: (based on 12oz)

• Amstel Light: 99 calories, 3.9% alcohol, 5.33g carbs  (My personal favorite for a low calorie beer that is still filled with flavor!)
• Anheuser Busch Natural Light: 95 calories, 4.2% alcohol, 3.2g carbs
• Aspen Edge: 94 calories, 4.1% alcohol, 2.6g carbs
• Beck's Light: 64 calories, 2.3% alcohol, 3.9g carbs
• Budweiser Select: 99 calories, 4.3% alcohol, 3.1g carbs
• Budweiser Select 55: 55 calories, 2.4% alcohol, 1.9g carbs
• Busch Light: 95 calories, 4.1%alcohol, 3.2g carbs
• Heineken Special Light: 99 calories, 3.8% alcohol, 6.8g carbs
• Michelob Ultra: 95 calories, 4.1% alcohol, 2.6g carbs
• Miller Genuine Draft 64: 64 calories, 2.8% alcohol, 2.4g carbs
• Miller Lite: 96 calories, 4.2% alcohol, 3.2g carbs
• Milwaukee's Best Light: 98 calories, 4.2% alcohol, 3.5g carbs
• Molson Light: 82 calories, 2.41% alcohol
• Yuengling Light: 98 calories, 3.8% alcohol, 6.6g carbs

Not-So-Great Happy Hour Choices: (based on 12oz)

• Anchor Porter: 209 calories, 5.6% alcohol
• Dragon Stout: 220 calories, 6.8% alcohol
• Flying Dog Schwarz: 222 calories, 7.8% alcohol, 14.3g carbs
• Flying Dog Double Dog: 313 calories, 11.5% alcohol, 16.6g carbs
• Flying Dog Gonzo: 271 calories, 9.2% alcohol, 18.9g carbs
• Flying Dog Horn Dog: 314 calories, 10.2% alcohol, 21.5g carbs
• Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel: 238 calories, 8.3% alcohol, 8.6g carbs
• Flying Dog Raging Bitch: 221 calories, 8.3% alcohol, 11.6g carbs
• Flying dog Wild Dog: 288 calories, 9.9% alcohol, 20.2g carbs
• McEwans Scotch Ale: 295 calories, 9.5% alcohol
• New Belgium 1554: 205 calories, 5.6% alcohol, 25g carbs
• New Belgium 2 Below: 200 calories, 6.6% alcohol, 17g carbs
• New Belgiium Abbey: 200 calories, 7% alcohol, 18g carbs
• New Belgium Trippel: 215 calories, 7.8% alcohol, 20g carbs
• Olde English 800: 202 calories, 7.5% alcohol, 13.4g carbs
• Olde English High Gravity: 220 calories, 8% alcohol, 14.6g carbs
• Sierra Nevada Bigfoot: 330 calories, 9.6% alcohol, 32.1g carbs (YIKES!!!)
• Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale: 214 calories, 6.8% alcohol, 19.4g carbs
• Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale: 215 calories, 6.7% alcohol, 19.3g carbs
• Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale: 231 calories, 6.9% alcohol, 20g carbs
• Sierra Nevada Pale Bock: 218 calories, 7% alcohol, 19.7g carbs
• Sierra Nevada Stout: 225 calories, 5.8% alcohol, 22.3g carbs
• Steel Reserve: 222 calories, 8.1% alcohol, 16g carbs
• Steel Reserve Triple Export: 222 calories, 8.1% alcohol, 16g carbs
• Thos Cooper & Sons Stout: 205 calories, 7.1% alcohol

Thank you http://www.beer100.com/ for the great beer nutritional facts.