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Alcohol with least amount of sugar

  • 26-01-2013 11:16pm
    #1
    cottager83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 274 ✭✭cottager83


    Trying to give up sugar, have wedding next wknd so will be having few beers, wats best beer/stout/cider to drink can anybody tell me? Cheers


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  • #2
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭HTML5!


    Well, that's not really giving up sugar, is it? :p

    Seriously though, red wine and whiskey aren't bad choices sugar wise...I think it would depend on the brand though..


  • #3
    tommyboy2222
    Closed Accounts Posts: 914 ✭✭✭tommyboy2222


    Calvin Klein Eternity - low alcohol and your breath will smell great !!


  • #4
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    All of the drinks you mentioned are sugar-rich, left over from the brewing process.

    For low-sugar alcoholic drinks, switch to distilled unmixed spirits - vodka (or gin) & slim-line tonic, whiskey & water, brandy & soda (or sparkly water). Stay away from flavoured shots, cocktails and wine.


  • #5
    Leroy Ambitious Marmoset
    Posts: 0 ✭ Leroy Ambitious Marmoset


    Gin & Slimline tonic avec a chunk o lime.

    s'yer only man when trying to be good but drunk!


  • #6
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    cottager83 wrote: »
    Trying to give up sugar, have wedding next wknd so will be having few beers, wats best beer/stout/cider to drink can anybody tell me? Cheers

    I assume you mean calories as beer does not have any sugar in it


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  • #7
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    --Kaiser-- wrote: »
    I assume you mean calories as beer does not have any sugar in it
    Most beer will have some unfermented sugars in it. I know heineken has more than average. Most pilsner beers have got very little, as they are brewed out to completion. Most "lite beers" use enzymes to convert unfermentable sugars into fermentable ones, this is how they are lower calorie even though they might be the same %.

    Guinness has quite low sugars, it is relatively quite low calorie which surprises many.

    Bulmers light has very little sugar, it has artifical sweeteners.
    mathepac wrote: »
    switch to distilled unmixed spirits - vodka (or gin) & slim-line tonic, whiskey & water, brandy & soda (or sparkly water). Stay away from flavoured shots, cocktails and wine.
    +1, some whiskeys have a little sugar added back, but only small amounts.


  • #8
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,708 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    It's a wedding and you will be drinking. Just drink what you like without worrying about sugar or calories, and enjoy yourself for the one day. Go back to your healthy eating the day afterwards.


  • #9
    smellsfunny
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 107 ✭✭smellsfunny


    One day is going to hurt you, enjoy yourself!


  • #10
    snowgal
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    mathepac wrote: »
    All of the drinks you mentioned are sugar-rich, left over from the brewing process.

    For low-sugar alcoholic drinks, switch to distilled unmixed spirits - vodka (or gin) & slim-line tonic, whiskey & water, brandy & soda (or sparkly water). Stay away from flavoured shots, cocktails and wine.


    I didnt think there was any sugar in wine? well red wine anyway.


  • #11
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    snowgal wrote: »
    I didnt think there was any sugar in wine? well red wine anyway.
    As a general rule there is no sugar added to grapes in the fermentation process. At the lower end of the market, wines may be made from bulk grape concentrate and/or poorer quality grapes which may have some kind of sugar added.

    For elder-flower / elder-berry / beetroot etc wines I think sugar is a necessity.


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