Only part waggery - gin versus beer

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Say. I have just had a major shock. Gin has about 80 calories per ounce, give or take 30 for strength.

How/why does gin have any calories at all?

Please mix in some reality with the clever answers, OK? I really do want to know.

-Sal Embarrassed

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[+1] - littlek - 11/13/2006I think it's because alcohol is essentially a form of sugar. Sugar has calories. I ask myself "gin vs beer?" almost everynight.
[+1] - patiodog - 11/13/2006If'n you want to know the nerdy ins and outs of it, the body metabolizes ethyl alcohol to acetic acid (vinegar), which is the same thing that your body breaks fats down to when it wants to use them...
[+1] - SallyMander - 11/14/2006Thanks. I appreciate the responses, including the nerdy version, since there seem to be no carbs or fat involved. "Well, m'dear," she sez to herself pushing her gin to the back...
[+1] - patiodog - 11/14/2006Well, alcohol calories are offset somewhat by the metabolic cost of the liver dealing with it -- but this isn't really a good thing...
[+1] - SallyMander - 11/14/2006No--probably not good to tax one's liver needlessly, Patiodog. But at least the mystery is solved about where the calories come from--if there's no fat and no carbs. :oops: There once was a...
[+1] - NickFun - 11/14/2006Actually, gin has NEGATIVE calories as you expend a great deal of energy staggering around trying to find your car.
[+1] - SallyMander - 11/15/2006Oh, well! If I just park my car obscurely enough, the daily double can again be mine! I like the way you think, NickFun. :) -Sal Is there life after Bombay Sapphire, a splash of...
[+1] - cicerone imposter - 11/15/2006Nick has the right answer - as usual. It's been shown by "scientists" that a few drinks a night is good for your health - calories or no. I like red wine, myself.
[+1] - ossobuco - 11/15/2006When I saw the title, I thought, "good bourbon versus a nice red wine?"
[+1] - cicerone imposter - 11/15/2006Since vodka is my preferred drink over most other "hard" drinks, I though red wine, especially cabs and merlots would fit the bill.

I think it's because alcohol is essentially a form of sugar. Sugar has calories.

I ask myself "gin vs beer?" almost everynight.

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If'n you want to know the nerdy ins and outs of it, the body metabolizes ethyl alcohol to acetic acid (vinegar), which is the same thing that your body breaks fats down to when it wants to use them for energy.

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Thanks. I appreciate the responses, including the nerdy version, since there seem to be no carbs or fat involved.

"Well, m'dear," she sez to herself
pushing her gin to the back of the shelf,

"A teeny martini makes you fatter than beer.
No fat, no carbs, but stretching your garbs
--it's chemistry simple and clear.

"No wonder you're shedding a tear, m'dear.
Sapphire double has doubled your trouble
at 800 calories near."

We're loathe to discover the cause of our blubber
but the beer shall be preferable here.

Crying or Very sad

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Well, alcohol calories are offset somewhat by the metabolic cost of the liver dealing with it -- but this isn't really a good thing...

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No--probably not good to tax one's liver needlessly, Patiodog. But at least the mystery is solved about where the calories come from--if there's no fat and no carbs. Embarrassed

There once was a liver from Liverpool.
Its owner drank hearty at grad-school.
But the scale became tipped
As the owner got ripped
And the liver weighed in to repair-the-fool.

Thanks.

Sal

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Actually, gin has NEGATIVE calories as you expend a great deal of energy staggering around trying to find your car.

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Oh, well! If I just park my car obscurely enough, the daily double can again be mine! I like the way you think, NickFun.

Smile

-Sal

Is there life after Bombay Sapphire, a splash of vermouth, and two olives?

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Nick has the right answer - as usual. It's been shown by "scientists" that a few drinks a night is good for your health - calories or no. I like red wine, myself.

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When I saw the title, I thought, "good bourbon versus a nice red wine?"

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Since vodka is my preferred drink over most other "hard" drinks, I though red wine, especially cabs and merlots would fit the bill.

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Since vodka is my preferred drink over most other "hard" drinks, I though red wine, especially cabs and merlots would fit the bill.

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vodka v. slivowitz

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Damn! There's a forum called Waggery.com???!!! First I've heard of it and it's been around for 2 1/2 years!!!???

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littlek wrote:

I ask myself "gin vs beer?" almost everynight.

Same here, so I give in and have both....... :wink:

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By golly, Osso, I'm going to go start a thread about a red wine I just found.

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Anyone got the gen as to which is preferable, ginerally speaking, Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray?

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Debacle wrote:

Anyone got the gen as to which is preferable, ginerally speaking, Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray?

I am a sapphire goil, meself.

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dlowan wrote:

Debacle wrote:
Anyone got the gen as to which is preferable, ginerally speaking, Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray?

I am a sapphire goil, meself.

Me too. As I only use it for medicinal purposes, I like the botanicals :wink:

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Sapphire, like my eyes.

When I'm in a good mood.

And I'll be in a good mood if it's Sapphire.

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