Are you on a low-carbohydrate diet? If so, you might be – with much difficulty – attempting to steer clear of alcohols. (Furthermore, you might be failing badly.) However, you need not deny yourself from it anymore, buddy! These 18 best low-carb beers can fit your diet and quench your thirst!
Now, let us go and get acquainted with our first refreshment, shall we?
1. Corona Premier
Quick Look:
- Calories: 90
- Carbs: 6 g
- ABV: 4 %
Corona Premier is the lager to snag if you yearn for something light. With that, it is the bottle to stock up on because it can be an all-arounder. A fine cooler after a pressing time at work? Have guests coming over for a chat and a glass? A party coming round? This brew can fit any alcohol-needing occasions!
2. Miller Lite
Quick Look:
- Calories: 96
- Carbs: 2 g
- ABV: 4.2%
Miller Lite is one of the most famous of all the lights, yessiree!
It is a pilsner. With that, as you could hypothesize, it sports hop flavors! However, it also provides a crisp mouthfeel, making it a fine booze to grab on a hot summer day or evening!
3. Heineken Premium Light
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- Calories: 90
- Carbs: 8 g
- ABV: 3 %
A way to describe Heineken Premium Light is it tastes like watered Heineken. With that, it is ideal for drinkers who favor the flavors of the regular but desire for it to be lighter. However, it offers a surprise in that hoppy flavors seem to be more noticeable here than with the typical.
4. Anheuser-Busch Bud Light Next
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- Calories: 80
- Carbs: 0 g
- ABV: 4 %
A bellywash with 0 carbs might probably sound a lil’ too good for it to be truth, but Anheuser-Busch Bud Light Next offers just that! However, fret, you need not. It is not water, nuh-uh, it promises that while it has 0 carbohydrates, it is light, revitalizing, and undoubtedly oozing with flavors!
5. Surly Rosé
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- Calories: 127
- Carbs: 25 g
- ABV: 2 %
Surly Rosé is the ethanol you ought to grab if you desire something fruity. As the lovely shade of this drink suggests, it offers flavors sporting the same hue – Like strawberries! Whatever kind of alcohol one is into, if the drinker is adventurous, this beverage is one to add to the beerket list!
6. Shiner Ruby Redbird
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- Calories: 95
- Carbs: 1 g
- ABV: 4 %
Shiner Ruby Redbird is an option for drinkers that favor sour refreshments. With this drinkable, you should be able to get a tang of the famous delicious Texas ruby reds. With that, it could provide an invigorating gulp. However, it ain’t stop there, no! It also presents a zing of ginger to top it all up!
7. Devil’s Backbone Bright Tangerine
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- Calories: 85
- Carbs: 2 g
- ABV: 4 %
As the name of this ale implies, it offers bright notes of, you guessed it, tangerines! Make no mistake, though! It is not orange juice! While it sports tangerine zest, it also has some kick to it that is undoubtedly not suitable for children. However, like orange juice, this bellywash is oh-so refreshing!
8. Allagash Saison
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- Calories: 140
- Carbs: 8 g
- ABV: 1 %
Allagash Saison is the farmhouse-style ale to get after a hard time in the field. It offers flavors of citrus fruits, but it also has that peppery note to it. In other words, it has that balance between being tarty and spicy. With that, it can both be refreshing and jostling!
9. Blue Moon LightSky
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- Calories: 95
- Carbs: 6 g
- ABV: 4 %
Blue Moon LightSky is a beverage to try if you long to escape away from hops and into the land of tropical goodness. This refresher offers flavors of all sorts of warm-colored fruits, from pineapples to mangos! As for the hops, they are barely there, and the bitterness is minimal.
10. Yuengling Light Lager
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- Calories: 99
- Carbs: 2 g
- ABV: 4 %
If you ain’t a stan of light alcohols, Yuengling Light Lager is one you ought to consider giving a shot if need be. It is popular for being capable of getting a thumbs up, even for those trying to steer clear of light alcoholic drinks! This one tastes a lot like the regular, only slightly watered down.
11. Anheuser-Busch Natty Light
Quick Look:
- Calories:95
- Carbs:2 g
- ABV:2 %
Natty Light, better known to be Natural Light, is the beverage you ought to consider if you yearn for something sweet and smooth. It has a subtle sugary taste accompanied by some hoppiness that all goes away pretty swiftly. It goes down smoothly with no aftertaste. With that, it can be ideal for anyone!
12. Miller Milwaukee’s Best Light
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- Calories: 88
- Carbs: 2 g
- ABV: 2 %
Miller Milwaukee’s Best Light is an ideal go-to low-carb drinkable. It is sweet, smooth, and satisfying in more ways than one. Not only can it quench a drought in the throat, but it is also inexpensive. Now, you can hypothesize what that ought to signify! More beer, of course!
13. Anheuser-Busch Busch Light
Quick Look:
- Calories: 95
- Carbs: 2 g
- ABV: 5 %
Anheuser-Busch Busch Light is the one you might desire to grab if you are longing for something to match some fried snacks. It has that crispiness to complement the dish. On the flip side, it does not hold that big of a tang, which is ideal if you are aiming for the food’s taste to stand out.
14. Amstel Light
Quick Look:
- Calories: 95
- Carbs: 5 g
- ABV: 5 %
Amstel Light is for drinkers scavenging for a light pilsner. It might surprise you, but many claims this is the best of the light ones they have ever gulped!
As it is a pilsner, you can expect hoppiness from a bottle of it. Aside from that, you could also get some honey and malty bites from this brew.
15. Beck’s Premier Light
Quick Look:
- Calories: 64
- Carbs: 9 g
- ABV: 3 %
Beck’s Premier Light has one of the lower ABV percentages on this list. With that, it is an option to consider if you long to have more than several more than usual. Not only will it aid you from not straying from the diet while still enjoying ethanol, but also allow you to stay sober for long!
16. Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Select
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- Calories: 99
- Carbs: 1 g
- ABV: 3 %
Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Select is the ideal beverage for beginners. It presents almost every single component a regular would only slightly at a lower point. With that, it won’t overwhelm a newcomer. However, it can prepare the first-time drinker for the real thing!
17. Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty
Quick Look:
- Calories: 95
- Carbs: 6 g
- ABV: 4 %
The Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty is for those hunting for a fine low-carb IPA. It likely will not beat the best regular IPAs. Nevertheless, it does measure up, given that it is low-carb. It does not lack with the notes department as it sports a good amount of sugary taste and bitterness in every bottle and can!
18. Michelob Ultra Pure Gold
Quick Look:
- Calories: 85
- Carbs: 5 g
- ABV: 3.8%
We come to our last low-carb alternative for today. Make no mistake, though. It is last on the list but not least.
Michelob Ultra Pure Gold is a lager to consider if you long for an organic refresher, as the claim is that it doesn’t utilize artificial coloring or flavoring!
FAQ
Before you depart from this discussion, let us briefly tackle on some questions regarding these beers.
How Much Low-Carb Beer Can I Consume?
One might suppose since low-carb booze have lower ABV counts than the regulars, one could have more of them. Woefully, that is not the case. It’s still best to limit the consumption of such refreshments to 1-2 servings on a drinking day.
How Can a Beer Be Low-Carb?
There are various practices to turn a brew into a low-carb one. On one end, particular enzymes get put in. On the other, some things from a non-low-carb drink get subtracted. However, one of the most known procedures to do so is by lowering its alcohol.
Is Low-Carb Beer Good for You?
A low-carb booze can be a good option if you yearn for alcohol, but you are on an LC diet. However, it is still not a healthy thing. It still has the harmful things a non-low-carb bottle or can has.
Final Words
That was our list of the 18 best low-carb beers. We hope we helped you stick to your diet without having to sacrifice quenching your thirst!
Do you have other related problems and concerns? If so, you might want to check out our other talks. We still have many brews we would like to part and discuss with you!
Sybil R Higgins graduated from the University of Chicago with an English major. Since joining Unknown Brewing, she’s taken up homebrewing. She’s still an amateur, sticking to extract recipes and brewing light pilsners. But she’s a better beer consumer.