How many Calories in a GP?

3.8 calories per gram of sugar - go from there

 

7 calories per gram of alcohol

 

How can that be? I thought liquor was calorie free

 

You thought wrong, man.

 

Damn that's what I get for listening to the word on the street for all these years

 

OG is a measure of the sugar concetration of the wort. Calories also depend on the quantity!
Roughly there will be 5 calories per GP per Imperial pint..

 

I'm kind of a calorie counter, and I use a very rough rule of thumb. For every 3% of ABV, I estimate 100cal. 6% pale? 200cal. 9% DIPA? 300 cal. 12% barleywine? 400 cal. 15% BCBS? 500 cal. These all assume 12oz portions. Yep, every BCBS you drink is like a cheesburger

 

I seem to recall Bigfoot clocking in at 320 calories.

 

Bigfoot = 9.6% so my formula is pretty spot on.

Either way, this just gives me a ballpark of the damage in a night and how many hours I need to work out the next day lol.

 

I suppose this is why I have gained weight since I have started drinking more DIPA's and stouts. All my favorites are more than 7 or 8%.

 

That's a horrible rule of thumb, only works for 3,6,9 & 12% beers.

I prefer my rule of thumb of 33 1/2 calories per % of ABV

 

That would be 33 1/3 per %, but close enough

 

I teach high school math. No one can add thirds in their heads...

 

Both of those rules of thumb have more or less the same results but I suppose it is easier just to multiply 33.3 by the ABV.