

Now, breweries are wising up and hitting the low-calorie beer market en masse to compete with the likes of hard seltzer and hard kombucha. The session beer craze of a few years ago started the downward trend of caloric values in popular beers. Thankfully, there were always full-flavored, semi-low-calorie options like Guinness, but for the most part bigger, full-flavored beers - most in the craft beer world - are loaded with calories. Then there are beers like Michelob Ultra that are promoted with athletes and for those with active lifestyles. Who says light beers need be lacking in flavor? Southern Tier’s brand-new release twins 110 calories (per 12-ounce serving) to low bitterness and an enticing citrus scent delivered by Citra and Mosaic, popular hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest.Whether its Miller Lite, Coors Lights, or Bud Light, the best cheap beers in the nation are low-calorie and watery. Southern Tier Brewing Company: Swipe Light (4 percent ABV) Sea salt rounds out this pillow-y, tropical pale ale. The hazy little pale ale raids the health-food store for its ingredients, including better-for-you pantry staples including buckwheat and chia seeds. Harpoon Brewery: Rec League (3.8 percent ABV) Mural is made with watermelon, lime, agave and hibiscus, which provide the invigorating beer a glowing-pink tint.\ 7. New Belgium Brewing Company: Mural Agua Fresca Cerveza (4 percent ABV)Ĭolorado’s New Belgium partnered with Mexican brewery Primus Cervecería to create a riff on Mexico’s agua fresca, a drink made with water and fresh fruit. Sure, you can add a squeeze of lime, but the fine floral aroma needs no adulteration. The legendary California brewery looked to Mexico for this easy-going, cracker-crisp lager designed for good times at the beach and trips to the taco stand. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: Sierraveza (5 percent ABV) Firestone Walker fixes that by creating this wine-beer hybrid that’s fermented with a blend of six grape varieties, then finished with hibiscus for rosé’s hallmark pink hue. The biggest drawback to drinking rosé is its double-digit alcohol content. Firestone Walker Brewing Company: Rosalie (5 percent ABV) Slightly Mighty offers the aromatic excess of your favorite IPA wrapped up in a 95-calorie package packing but 3.6 grams of carbs per 12-ounce can. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Slightly Mighty (4 percent ABV)ĭogfish Head designed this beer for calorie-conscious IPA lovers with an active lifestyle. Deschutes Brewery: Da Shootz! (4 percent ABV)ĭa Shootz! is a contemporary American pilsner suited for lunchtime and anytime, thanks to its low ABV and lively aroma of citrus that’s supplied by Lemondrop hops.

Not reduced: the fizzy, nearly clear beer’s magnified aroma of mango and papaya. Lagunitas sent its citrusy session IPA on a diet, reformulating the recipe to drop DayTime to just 4 percent ABV and 98 calories. Lagunitas Brewing Company: DayTime Session IPA (4 percent ABV) Enjoy one of our top 8 summer-friendly beers (so far) in 2019: 1. Crisp lagers to quench your thirst, Hazy IPAs to cut through the heat, and hoppy pale ales are as bright and beautiful as a summer’s day. Summer is an exciting season for beer-drinking.
