“Eat this, not that” is a recent guilty pleasure. Reading the name and discovering the stats of those entrees and meals at the pinnacle of the obesity epidemic is similar to rubber-necking a car accident. After all, what’s not to love about White Castle’s “Surf and Turf Sliders” which feature both a fried fish patty and a burger (yum?). 2 are only 1080 calories! [http://eatthis.menshealth.com]
Anyways, recently I’ve been watching and counting what I eat (almost obsessively) in an effort to be healthier, lose a little weight and look better. I’m stoked with the results; but the downside is that I’ve become hyper-aware of calories I ingest (or consider ingesting) and guilty for deviating from my prescribed daily diet. Which makes drinking beer (my favorite beverage/food) very difficult.
In celebration of a great 2 months of healthy living recently I went out and bought some expensive beer favorites: Young’s Double Chocolate Stout (perfect for breakfast…jk) and Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute IPA, which I would agree is possibly the best IPA. Ever. Accordingly, while kicking back to enjoy one I unlocked my phone and looked up the calories in a 12 oz bottle (like I said, I’m a little obsessed). Well, in the fashion of “Eat this, not that” 1 bottle of 90 Minute has a greater caloric impact than eating a Snickers. No joke, the sweet hoppiness and high ABV (9%) pack a lot of sugar (~ 35 grams of sugar/carbs) which makes this a great and amazingly flavorful beer. If you’re saving the beer for dessert (like I did) it’d be slightly better than eating a half pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia Frozen Yogurt.
If you have more than one, multiply accordingly.
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, one 12oz bottle = 294 Calories (9% ABV).