The calorie content in beer can range from a lowly 64 calories to a whopping 198 calories per bottle (12 oz.).
Light beers is generally a better choice as they contain the same amount of alcohol as regular beers but fewer carbohydrates. In other words light beer also tends to be low-carb beer.
Food Item | Serving Size | Total Carbs (g) | Calories |
Beer (4-6% alcohol, extra strong 10%) | |||
Beer (regular) | 12 fl oz | 13 | 146 |
Beer (strong) | 12 fl oz | 13 | 180 |
Beer, light | 12 fl oz | 5 | 100 |
Beer (non-alcoholic) | 12 fl oz | 13 | 72 |
Lager | 12 fl oz | 19 | 180 |
Cider (sweet) | 12 fl oz | 27 | 200 |
Ale | 12 fl oz | 7 | 126 |
Stout | 12 fl oz | 20 | 178 |
Popular Beer Brands | |||

Anchor Steam | 12 fl oz | 153 cal | |
Augsburger | 12 fl oz | 175 cal | |
Beck’s Non Alcoholic | 12 fl oz | 90 cal | |

Beck’s Dark Beer | 12 fl oz | 150 cal | |

Beck’s Oktoberfest | 12 fl oz | 140 cal | |

Beck’s Original | 12 fl oz | 292 cal | |

Black Horse | 12 fl oz | 158 cal | |

Blackhook Porter | 12 fl oz | 162 cal | |

Blatz | 12 fl oz | 136 cal | |

Blue Moon | 12 fl oz | 171 cal | |

Bud Dry | 12 fl oz | 130 cal | |

Budweiser | 12 fl oz | 145 cal | |

Busch | 12 fl oz | 146 cal | |

Bush Natural | 12 fl oz | 157 cal | |

Carling Black Label | 12 fl oz | 135 cal | |

Carlsberg | 12 fl oz | 148 cal | |

Castlemaine XXXX Aussie Lager | 12 fl oz | 145 cal | |

Colt 45 | 12 fl oz | 154 cal | |

Coors | 12 fl oz | 142 cal | |

Coors Dry 10 | 12 fl oz | 119 cal | |

Coors Extra Gold | 12 fl oz | 148 cal | |

Corona | 12 fl oz | 148 cal | |

Fat Tire | 12 fl oz | 300 cal | |

Fosters Lager | 12 fl oz | 125 cal | |

Guinness Draft | 12 fl oz | 190 cal | |

Hamm’s | 12 fl oz | 135 cal | |

Heilemans Old Style | 12 fl oz | 150 cal | |

Heineken | 12 fl oz | 160 cal | |

Ice House | 12 fl oz | 132 cal | |

Keystone Dry | 12 fl oz | 122 cal | |

Knickerbocker | 12 fl oz | 142 cal | |

King Cobra | 12 fl oz | 181 cal | |

Lowenbrau Dark | 12 fl oz | 162 cal | |

Lowenbrau Special | 12 fl oz | 162 cal | |

Meisterbrau | 12 fl oz | 140 cal | |

Michelob Dark | 12 fl oz | 163 cal | |

Michelob Dry | 12 fl oz | 133 cal | |

Micky’s Fine Malt | 12 fl oz | 157 cal | |

Newcastle Brown Ale | 12 fl oz | 150 cal | |

Old Milwaukee Regular | 12 fl oz | 148 cal | |

Pilsner | 12 fl oz | 148 cal | |

Rainier | 12 fl oz | 138 cal | |

Red Bull Malt Liquor | 12 fl oz | 190 cal | |

Rheingold | 12 fl oz | 146 cal | |

Sam Adams | 12 fl oz | 160 cal | |

Schaefer Malt Liquor | 12 fl oz | 160 cal | |

Schlitz Malt Liquor | 12 fl oz | 176 cal | |

Schmidt’s | 12 fl oz | 152 cal | |

Stella Artois | 12 fl oz | 140 cal | |

Stroh’s | 12 fl oz | 144 cal | |

Tiger Head Ale | 12 fl oz | 164 cal | |

Winterfest German | 12 fl oz | 192 cal | |

Zima | 12 fl oz | 153 cal | |
Light Beer | |||

Amstel Light | 12 fl oz | 93 cal | |

Aspen Edge | 12 fl oz | 94 cal | |

Beck’s Light Beer | 12 fl oz | 105 cal | |

Beck’s Premier Light | 12 fl oz | 64 cal | |

Blatz Light | 12 fl oz | 94 cal | |

Bud Light | 12 fl oz | 102 cal | |

Budweiser Select | 12 fl oz | 99 cal | |

Busch Light | 12 fl oz | 112 cal | |

Carlsberg Light | 12 fl oz | 112 cal | |

Corona Light | 12 fl oz | 109 cal | |

Corrs Light | 12 fl oz | 105 cal | |

Heidelberg Light | 12 fl oz | 114 cal | |

Keystone Light | 12 fl oz | 100 cal | |

Michelob Light | 12 fl oz | 133 cal | |

Michelob Ultra Low Carb | 12 fl oz | 95 cal | |

Miller Light | 12 fl oz | 89 cal | |

Molson Light | 12 fl oz | 109 cal | |

Old Milwaukee Light | 12 fl oz | 119 cal | |

Old Style Light | 12 fl oz | 114 cal | |

Olympia Gold Light | 12 fl oz | 70 cal | |

Pabst Light | 12 fl oz | 110 cal | |

Pabst Extra Light | 12 fl oz | 72 cal | |

Red White & Blue Light | 12 fl oz | 120 cal | |

Sam Adams Light | 12 fl oz | 124 cal | |

Thin Ice | 12 fl oz | 90 cal |