Thrashers Fan: "this stuff is 7.5% alcohol -- they measure it to the legal 5.5% prior to icing and apparently the icing process increases the alcohol content -- at only 110 calories."
This is a chemical impossibility. One gram of ethyl alcohol yields 7 calories of energy when metabolized by the body. That converts to about 100 calories per drink equivalent (a 12 oz. 4% beer, 5 oz. glass of wine, or 1.25 oz. shot)
solely from the alcohol and not considering the calories from other components of the beverage (residual sugars or grains in beers and wines, for example). Thus, one cannot physically create a 7.5% 12 oz. beer with only 110 calories. If Bud Ice Light is 110 calories, it cannot be more than about 4.5% alcohol. See e.g.
http://www.theraven.com/beer.html (caloric and alcoholic contents of 200 beers).
For an excelent discussion of alcohol measurments, potency, calories, and how measurement by weight or volume can make a significant difference, see
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publica.../alcdoses.html
While we are at it, lets also dispel some of the rumors about alcohol causing weight gain. Although it can affect metabolism and be burned instead of fat -
http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/...ch/alcohol.htm - studies find that alcohol consumption actually tends to reduce weight -
http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info...AndWeight.html
