Calories in Alcohol, Holiday Spirits

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites


Holiday Dieting Tips - Choosing the Super Foods

Alcohol reeks in calories and has the ability to blow your diet plan to Uranus.

Some tips to keep your diet safe where alcoholic beverages and mixed drinks are involved include:

1. Don't invite any Toms, Mickies, Jacks, Daniels or injured Mary's to your holiday party.  

2. If you have a bottle of spirits that contains a worm, first, empty the bottle (no - not into you!). Next, carefully ease out the worm.  

Give life-saving mouth to mouth, then release the little bugger in your garden among the beets.

Added plus? Your beets will be pre-pickled come harvest time.

3. If you do serve mixed drinks at your holiday party, try to limit the amount of salty foods that you're serving.

Salt creates cravings for liquids - and when mixed drinks are part of the environment, your party could quickly go from merry to scary.

4. If possible, hire a bartender. They can assist in monitoring the amount of liquor that your guests consume without getting you involved. The situation goes from personal to impersonal - which is a great thing when you're dealing with people that you're likely to keep associating with.

5. If you do drink, don't think that chewing cinnamon flavored gum will mask the alcohol smell.

6. If you serve alcohol, make sure that kids aren't part of your party atmosphere.

Calories in Whisky, Rum, Brandy, Vodka & Mixed Drinks

Per mixed drink as commonly served unless noted.

SPECIALTY SPIRIT DRINK

CALORIES

SPECIALTY SPIRIT DRINK

CALORIES

Bloody Mary

86

Gin & Bitter Lemon

181

Bull Shot

91

Manhattan

183

Gin Rickey

104

Margarita

185

Gimlet

110

Gibson

207

Mint Julep

115

Martini

210

Kir

121

Irish Coffee

218

Madras

123

Alexander

244

Daiquiri, 2 fl oz

112

Golden Cadillac

250

Cuba Libre (Rum & Cola)

127

Brandy Alexander

253

Gin Fizz

130

Grasshopper

255

Black Russian

137

Harvey Wallbanger

258

Mimosa

137

Golden Dream

269

Between The Sheets

141

Mai Tai

310

Bacardi

144

Pina Colada, 6.8 fl oz

526

Hot Buttered Rum

158

Gin & Tonic

175

French 75

170

Whiskey, Rum, Vodka, Brandy, all proofs, 1.5 fl oz

116

Tequila Sunrise, 6.8 fl oz

232

Whiskey Sour, 6.8 fl oz

249

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