When cutting sugars out of diets, many people try to avoid alcoholic drinks because of their high sugar levels. It tends to be the drinks with a lower alcohol percentage that have a higher level of sugar while the harder alcohols such as vodka, rum, gin or whiskey contain zero grams of carbs or sugars per ounce.
If someone is wanting to continue drinking while limiting sugars, it is ...
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Corn is the base of most whiskeys such as moonshine and bourbon. In fact, moonshine is made up of a mash of corn, and bourbon must be made containing at least 51 percent of corn to be compliant with federal law. While moonshine and bourbon are widely known for their make-up largely of corn, many alcohols do have some percentage of corn in them.
While some companies will advertise and ...
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According to bartenders, the best alcohol to go with ginger ale is any clear liquor such as gin or vodka. Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink that come in one of two ways: the golden style and the dry style. The dry style has more of a pale color and is made with less ginger that the golden style ginger ale.
Ginger ale was invented in 1851 by Thomas Cantrell and very quickly ...
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Even though many people wish it didn’t, there are calories in all alcohols that many don’t even realize they are consuming. Alcoholic drinks can be a large portion of your daily calories, depending on how many drinks you have. With the average American adult coming home and cracking open a beer to unwind from the day, they are averaging 100 extra calories per day.
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Spiked Seltzer is an alcoholic drink made from all natural ingredients and purified water. The alcohol in Spiked Seltzer is unique to the brand because of the way it is brewed. The fermentation of the citrus essence and sugar produces that alcohol for the drink at 6 percent.
The mixture of the fermented citrus and sugar is clear without the heavy feeling of beer or the sweet taste of ...
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While many alcoholic drinks tend to have carbohydrates in them, there is only one type of alcohol that is truly carbohydrate free. Ethyl alcohol, including rum, gin, brandy, and whiskey, are the only alcohols that have no carbs. Although the purer forms of alcohol may have lower carbs, they do have a higher amount of calories.
The drink that is highest in carbohydrates are regular ...
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Clear spirits such as vodka and gin mixed with a soda water and a lemon or lime will probably be the best drink you will find in regards to low sugars. While most clear spirits are commonly mixed with a soft drink or tonic water, it is best to avoid that mixture when cutting back on sugars because the soft drinks and tonic water have a very high sugar content. Although most alcoholic drinks ...
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“Proof” is used to measure the content of ethanol in an alcoholic beverage. The term is equal to about 1.75 times the alcohol by volume. The phrase has started to become less popular when used in conversation because of the confusion, with alcohol now just being referred to by their percent of alcohol by volume. While ethanol is 100 percent pure alcohol, it is not ...
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Even though many people wish it didn’t, there are calories in all alcohols that many don’t even realize they are consuming. The more pure the alcohol is, the higher it is in calories. Technically, when comparing by alcohol percentage, Everclear is the lowest calorie alcohol. Alcoholic drinks can be a large portion of your daily calories, depending on how many drinks you ...
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Hangovers occur after a heavy night of drinking and are caused because of the large amounts of sugars and dehydrates in the alcohol that cause your body to become dehydrated. Hangovers cause incredible migraines the morning after where the slightest sound and the dimmest light will trigger pain. To avoid hangovers, it is suggested that for every alcoholic beverage, you have a glass of water ...
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