keeping your edge

Minimizing your alcohol intake while entertaining customers and prospects is always a good idea. If you have an entertainment situation where you'd prefer not to avoid alcohol altogether, consider...

slowing your pace of drinking
alternating your drink with seltzer, club soda or water throughout the event
eating more food throughout the event
consuming drinks or beer with less alcohol
all of the above

alcohol quick facts

generally... one 12-ounce beer = one 5-ounce glass of wine =
1.5 ounces of liquor (80 proof)
wine usually has an alcohol content of 12 - 16%
beer in most cases, has an alcohol content of 3.2 - 7%
(see below for a comprehensive list)
mixed drinks can often contain more than 1.5 ounces of liquor
depending on the "pour"
as little as 1 - 2 drinks in one hour can impair an individual's
ability to drive and think clearly (depending on weight and
alcohol content)
only time can sober up someone
in all U.S. states, driving a car with a blood alcohol concentration
(BAC) of .08 or more is illegal (.10 is the old limit)

top 5 lowest alcohol content beers are bolded (all figures are based on 12 ounces*)

beer	alcohol content	calories	carbs
Amstel Light	3.5%	95	5.0
Anchor Liberty Ale	6.0%	187	n/a
Anchor Porter	5.6%	212	n/a
Anchor Small Beer	3.3%	112	n/a
Anchor Steam Beer	4.9%	165	13.7
Anchor Summer Beer	4.6%	123	n/a
Bass Ale	5.0%	158	14.0
Bass Pub Pour	5.1%	222	12.0
Beck’s Beer	5.0%	143	10.0
Beck’s Dark	4.8%	146	11.0
Beck’s Light	3.8%	103	6.1
Beck’s Oktoberfest	5.0%	155	9.0
Beck’s Premium Light	2.3%	64	3.9
Blue Moon	5.4%	171	13.7
Bud Dry	5.0%	130	7.8
Bud Ice	5.5%	148	8.9
Bud Ice Light	4.1%	110	6.5
Bud Light	4.2%	110	6.6
Budweiser	5.0%	145	10.6
Budweiser Select	4.3%	99	3.1
Busch	4.6%	133	10.2
Busch Light	4.1%	95	3.2
Busch Ice	5.9%	169	12.5
Coors	5.0%	142	10.6
Coors Light	4.2%	102	5.0
Corona Extra	4.6%	148	12.9
Corona Light	3.7%	105	5.0
Dos Equis Amber	4.72%	145	11.6
Dos Equis Lager	4.59%	140	10.5
Foster’s	5.0%	146	11.4
Foster’s Special Bitter	5.0%	146	11.4
Genesee Beer	4.5%	148	13.5
Genesee Cream Ale	5.1%	162	15 .0
Genesee Red Lager	4.9%	148	14.0
Genny Light	3.6%	96	5.5
Harp Lager	5.0%	153	13
Heineken	5.0%	150	11.5
Heineken Premium Light	3.5%	99	6.8
Icehouse	5.5%	149	9.8
Keystone	4.4%	108	5.0
Keystone Light	4.2%	104	5.1
Keystone Ice	5.9%	143	6.6
Killian’s Irish Red	4.9%	163	14.4
Labatt Blue	5.0%	135	10.0
Labatt Blue Light	4.0%	110	8.0
Labatt Extra Dry Lager	5.6%	135	12.0
Labatt Genuine	5.0%	141	11.0
Labatt Ice	5.6%	135	12.0
Labatt Lite	4.0%	110	8.0
Labatt Sterling	4.0%	88	2.5
Labatt Wildcat	4.9%	135	10.0
Lowenbrau	5.2%	144	11.0
Michelob	5.0%	155	13.3
Michelob Amber Bock	5.2%	166	15.0
Michelob Honey Lager	4.9%	175	17.9
Michelob Light	4.3%	113	6.7
Michelob Ultra	4.2%	95	2.6
Michelob Ultra Amber	5.0%	114	3.7
Miller High Life	4.7%	143	13.1
Miller Genuine Draft	4.7%	143	13.1
Miller Genuine Draft Light	4.2%	110	7.0
Miller Light	4.2%	96	3.2
Milwaukee’s Best	4.3%	128	11.4
Milwaukee’s Best Ice	5.9%	144	7.3
Milwaukee’s Best Light	4.2%	98	3.5
Molson	5.0%	149	11.8
Molson Ice	5.6%	159	11.9
Molson Light	4.0%	117	8.4
Murphy’s	4.0%	149	9
Murphy’s Irish Red	5.0%	171	11
Natural Light	4.2%	95	3.2
Old Milwaukee	4.6%	145	12.5
Old Milwaukee Ice	5.9%	179	14.4
Old Milwaukee Light	3.9%	110	8.3
Pabst Blue Ribbon	4.73%	144	11.9
Pabst Extra Light	2.16%	70	6
Pete’s Wicked Ale	5.3%	174	17.7
Pete’s Wicked Rally Cap Ale	5.3%	163	15.6
Pete’s Wicked Strawberry Blonde	5.0%	160	13.6
Pete’s Wicked Wanderlust Cream Ale	5.6%	183	15.2
Red Hook Blonde Ale	5.41%	162	12.08
Red Hook Blackhook Porter	5.23%	163.2	12.92
Red Hook Copperhook	5.7%	174	13.0
Red Hook ESB	5.77%	179	13.3
Red Hook IPA	6.51%	186	12.23
Red Hook Late Autumn Harvest Ale	5.7%	190	18.4
Red Hook Nut Brown Ale	5.57%	181	16.02
Red Hook Sunrye	4.7%	131	n/a
Red Hook Winterhook	5.52%	175	14.92
Rock Green Light	3.7%	83	2.4
Rolling Rock	4.5%	n/a	n/a
Sam Adams Black Lager	4.9%	200	25.6
Sam Adams Boston Ale	5.1%	180	18.3
Sam Adams Boston Lager	4.9%	180	18.8
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat	5.35%	190	18
Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic	5.95%	200	21
Sam Adams Cream Stout	4.9%	200	23
Sam Adams Double Bock	8.8%	330	32
Sam Adams Hefeweizen	5.35%	160	16
Sam Adams Holiday Porter	5.8%	210	22.2
Sam Adams Light	4.05%	119	9.6
Sam Adams Octoberfest	5.3%	190	17
Sam Adams Old Fezziwig Ale	5.9%	210	23
Sam Adams Pale Ale	5.4%	170	14
Sam Adams Scotch Ale	5.5%	200	21
Sam Adams Summer Ale	5.35%	170	14
Sam Adams White Ale	5.4%	190	16.2
Sam Adams Winter Lager	5.8%	200	20
Sapporo Light	4.0%	96	4.5
Sapporo Premium	4.9%	140	10.3
Sapporo Reserve (16 oz)	5.0%	201	15.2
Schaefer Beer	4.6%	143	12.1
Schlitz Beer	4.6%	143	12.1
Schlitz Light	3.88%	110	8.3
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale	9.6%	330	30.3
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale	6.8%	214	19.4
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale	5.6%	175	14.1
Sierra Nevada Porter	5.6%	194	18.4
Sierra Nevada Stout	5.8%	225	22.3
Sierra Nevada Summerfest	5.0%	158	13.7
Sierra Nevada Wheat Beer	4.4%	153	13.1
Stroh’s Beer	4.6%	143	12.1
Stroh’s Light	3.88%	113	7
Tecate	4.59%	142	11.3
Tsingtao Beer	4.8%	157	n/a
Yuengling Black & Tan	4.68%	160	15.5
Yuengling Dark Brewed Porter	4.68%	165	17
Yuengling Light Lager	3.06%	99	9.2
Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale	5.38%	180	12.0
Yuengling Premium	4.38%	148	12.0
Yuengling Premium Light	3.31%	98	6.2
Yuengling Traditional Lager	4.38%	148	12.0

*facts provided by respective brewers and importers (updated 06.2006)

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