alcoholic beverages

New Malt Beverage Blast by Colt 45
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Would You Drink This Fruity Malt Beverage?

The Four Loko hype may have died out, but don't expect the novelty alcoholic beverage trend to disappear just yet.
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The Four Loko hype may have died out, but don't expect the novelty alcoholic beverage trend to disappear just yet. Pabst Brewing Co., which also produces Colt 45, is adding another beverage to its lineup: Blast, a "premium malt beverage with natural fruit flavors." The drink will come in innocent-sounding flavors like strawberry lemonade and blueberry pomegranate, but at 12 percent alcohol (twice the amount found in PBR or Colt 45), it's definitely not for kids.

Pabst Brewing Co. — along with Blast's spokesman, Snoop Dogg — is hoping to target women in their late 20s with the fruity drink. Would you drink it?

Website Gives the Food Equivalent of What You Drank Last Night
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Find the Food Equivalent of What You Drank

The first words out of a host's welcoming mouth are often, "What would you like to drink?"
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The first words out of a host's welcoming mouth are often, "What would you like to drink?" with the expectation that you'll be enjoying an alcoholic beverage upon arrival. Indulging in moderation is just fine, but when we're not pouring our own beverages, moderation is a greater challenge.

The only beverage that can be measured in exact calories is a bottle of beer, but when we're being served glasses of wine, champagne, or mixed drink concoctions, the number of calories in our cups becomes cloudy. For some clarity, check out BBC's cheeky Alcohol Experiment. While it's not entirely accurate because you can't specify types of beer or hard alcohol, the tool gives you a rough idea of the liquid calories you consumed — as well as the junk food equivalent. To find out what it does, read more

Mariah Carey Called Champagne Fattening — Is She Right?
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Mariah Carey Called Champagne Fattening — Is She Right?

When Mariah Carey tried to get out of a champagne toast with Ellen DeGeneres as a guest on Ellen, she initially reacted to the host's persistence by exclaiming that champagne is fattening.
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When Mariah Carey tried to get out of a champagne toast with Ellen DeGeneres as a guest on Ellen, she initially reacted to the host's persistence by exclaiming that champagne is fattening. When Ellen proceeded to hand her a glass of bubbly to toast to Mariah "not being pregnant" (a trickster, that Ellen!), Mariah tried another route and said that it was too early in the day for alcohol.

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of champagne isn't the word fattening, as it apparently is for Mariah, but the singer does have a point. When you're attending one holiday party after the next and clinking glasses with everyone you know, those fun servings of bubbly can add some serious calories to the other holiday fare. It's OK to toast the season with a little champagne, but control your calories by drinking this beverage in moderation. One 4.1 fl. oz. glass contains 91 calories (similar to a serving of white wine), while an entire 25.4 fl. oz. bottle has 495 calories.

To see a video of Ellen peer-pressuring Mariah, read more

Unhealthiest Cocktails of Summer
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Unhealthiest Cocktails of Summer

Summer is a time to let loose, but don't let too loose says Newsweek.
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Summer is a time to let loose, but don't let too loose says Newsweek. When the mercury rises, so do the calories in some of our favorite alcoholic beverages. Here are the top six cocktails that'll do a number on your diet:

  1. Margarita. If you use a sugar-saturated Margarita mix, add tequila or Triple Sec, and then pour the drink into a salt-rimmed glass, the result could set you back 850 calories, Jackie Warner, a fitness trainer and the star of the Bravo network's Work Out says.

  2. Mudslide. A 12-ounce frozen mudslide—made with vodka, Kahlua liqueur, Bailey's Irish Cream, and vanilla ice cream — tastes like an alcoholic milkshake and is just about as unhealthy. It has 820 calories and 27.2 grams of fat.
  3. Piña Colada. If you like piña coladas, watch out: the rum, pineapple juice, and cream of coconut drink can contain up to 650 calories.

There's three more so read more

Which drink contains FEWER calories?
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Which drink contains FEWER calories?

Here's the scenario: You are at a BBQ on this three day weekend and the cooler is filled with bottles of Budweiser and bottles of Mike's Hard Lemonade.
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Here's the scenario:

You are at a BBQ on this three day weekend and the cooler is filled with bottles of Budweiser and bottles of Mike's Hard Lemonade. If you are watching your calories and want to choose the drink with less calories. Which drink do you choose if you want the beverage with FEWER calories?

***Please note: The bottles are not shown to scale.

Mint Julep vs. Margarita
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Mint Julep vs. Margarita

Tomorrow, May 5th, is chock full of festivites: The Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo.
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Tomorrow, May 5th, is chock full of festivites: The Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo. Both events have drinks associated with them, the Derby drink is the Mint Julep and the Margarita for Cinco de Mayo. Do you know which one has less calories?