![]() That’s why a 95-calorie beer with 3g of carbs simply isn’t a logical replacement for a beer drinker who wants flavor in their beer. Those calories come from carbs - sugars - that give beer its malty sweetness and alcohol. ![]() We can’t pretend they’re just invisible calories that don’t stack up in a night of drinking at a craft beer bar. Telling people to drink Michelob Ultra instead of an IPA is akin to telling them to choose a leaf of lettuce over a bacon double cheeseburger sure, you’ll save calories, but you won’t derive any pleasure from the replacement.īut look, let’s face it: beer has calories. Most people drink craft beer because of the robust flavor and the variety of styles. It’s as if Zinczenko has no idea why people drink craft beer. Not only is it lacking in anything close to the flavor of a craft beer, it doesn’t even resemble the same style of beer they compared it to - the Goose Island IPA. Admittedly, he chose the “Amber” version of the infamously flavorless low-calorie beer brand from Anheuser-Busch because it was “slightly more flavorful” than its standard counterpart, but regardless, it’s not even close to a suitable replacement. This morning on NBC’s Today, Men’s Health editor and author of Eat This, Not That Dave Zinczenko seriously suggested the above: that in place of a flavorful craft beer, you should drink a Michelob Ultra Amber to save calories.
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