Top 10 most fattening beers

6th November, 2013 by Andy Young

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As brewers around the world push the beer boundaries more extreme and stronger beers are being brewed and the calorie count has gone up as well.

While techniques and styles can make stronger beers taste better than ever, there is no hiding from the calories some of these cracking beers contain.

Some of the UK’s favourite beers don’t stack up too badly against some of the ones in this list. A pint of Carling, Britain’s most popular lager, has 138 calories, Doom Bar, the UK’s most popular cask-conditioned ale has 203 calories per pint and Guinness Draught carries around 125 calories.

Many of the beers listed have many more calories, which have come as craft beer and brewing has boomed. Many brewers have a range of high-strength, and subsequently high-calorie ales, but this list just contains only one beer from any brewer.

Click through the following pages for a selection of high calorie beers.

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19 Responses to “Top 10 most fattening beers”

1. Barry Delaney says:

   March 13, 2015 at 10:50 am

   You are not telling the truth but then why would you. Sure the tobacco industry still try to tell us that smoking cigarettes doesn’t cause lung cancer. Guinness’s own figures tell us that a pint of their stout contains 198 calories. Not the 125 that you are wrongly suggesting.

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   • hyp3rcrav3 says:

     June 26, 2017 at 6:34 pm

     Every beer has a differing amount of calories depending on the malt to hops ratio and how long it is fermented. Guiness is only 4.3% alcohol by volume and Carlberg is 7.2%. Every beer is different. Some, like Bud can abrely be considered beer.

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   • Peter Carey says:

     December 2, 2019 at 2:46 am

     and oj has 224. guinnes still has less

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2. Amanda Wood says:

   May 18, 2015 at 6:18 pm

   I am looking to gain weight, is Snake Venom sold n the U.S.

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3. Mark Pitchford says:

   August 25, 2015 at 4:35 pm

   Barry Delaney: Presumably there has never been a man on the moon, either? Given that the whole point of this slideshow is to show how fattening drinks are, have you considered that maybe the Guinness figure is merely misprint?

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4. Steve Chapman says:

   December 20, 2015 at 2:31 am

   The calorie discrepancy on the Guinness is simple. The description was referring to a 330 ml bottle, not the pint (roughly 500 ml) serving.

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5. Beer O'Clock says:

   April 4, 2017 at 9:28 pm

   The calorie count given for Carling is also incorrect. Should be 189 calories per pint. Most 4% lagers would be around this number. Stronger lager such as Becks (4.8%) contain around 220 cals.

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6. Gerry Frew says:

   April 9, 2017 at 8:40 am

   Steve Chapman – no it wasn’t bottled, it specifically referred to *draught* Guinness and I can only assume it meant a half pint as a pint of draught Guiness has 210 calories according to several drink awareness sites. Guinness themselves don’t show the calorie value anywhere obvious on their site surprise, surprise.

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7. Amsterdammer says:

   May 4, 2017 at 2:13 pm

   Stating that a bottle (what kind of bottle?) of beer X has 300 calories is as meaningless as saying a “serving” (whatever that means) of crisps has 500 calories. The calories for beverages should be shown per litre (1000 ml). Most retail units of beer around the world are 500 ml and 333 ml. It’s also much easier to convert from metric to non-metric than between non-metric units. It’s only in a handful of countries where they sell beer in pints and ounces.

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8. BC Stafford says:

   May 24, 2017 at 1:57 pm

   …..YES… I….DO….AGREE…(That most beer manufactures…)

   …Aren’t specific enough about container size when making comments about….CALORIES, CONTENT….AND the like…
   MOSTLY…I feel they are apprehensive about giving out too much details about their products due to copyright infringement…!!!
   You just might be surprised; for the most they want their customers to be confused ….and probably prefer it this way unfortunately… ;-(
   ….I suppose they feel average customers are ignorant of such matters….but are we…really though…??!… 😉
   -HartOtex…. 😉

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   • ADMo says:

     October 24, 2018 at 2:54 pm

     Reading that made me feel hammered… why so many ellipses, guy?

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9. steve says:

   October 4, 2018 at 2:03 pm

   Has anyone got a life here!
   Did u ever see Homer Simpson looking at the cals of a pint or um was it half pint, bunch of noopers

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   • mr robert mark taylor says:

     November 18, 2018 at 8:41 pm

     homer simpson isn’t a real person, thicko

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10. Graham says:

    July 23, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    I just think if i knew exactly how many calories in the beer i drink i could just change to a lower calorie brand but carry on drinking the same.Unfortunately,there isnt anyone in the business who knows their stuff so my best bet is to drink the ales i like but cut down on how many i have,preferably having four nights a week alcohol-free.This really works as after four nights without the beer tastes great.

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11. Dan says:

    November 3, 2019 at 1:59 am

    Beers have the calories right on the label..

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12. Cisco says:

    November 6, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    It’s the sheer quantity of liquid that gives you the distended belly. Same cals in Vodka leave you much thinner. With beer, you’re basically transforming yourself into a beer cask. Look around you – do you know ANY fat hard-drinking spirit drinkers?

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13. Alan says:

    December 14, 2019 at 10:31 pm

    The write up states very clearly that Guinness is only 125 calories PER PINT. So this will be my drink from now on. Weight should drop off as i know other beers i have been drinking are ‘200 plus’ calories per pint.

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14. paolo scorrano says:

    January 10, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    Is it not 125 calories in a 12 fluid ounce glass of Guinness but a pint is 16 fluid ounces and about 220 calories?

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    • J E says:

      May 8, 2020 at 5:01 pm

      United States Pint == 478 ml

      Imperial Pint. == 568 ml

      Half Liter. == 500 ml

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