Calories in traditional mead

[GntlKnigt1]

Link lifted from Chris Webber's American Meadmakers Facebook page. In short, 356 calories in an 8.1 oz serving (no SG mentioned)

http://www.fatsecret.com/Diary.aspx?pa=fjrd&rid=173658

Here is the Facebook page....
https://www.facebook.com/groups/392251727502250/

 

[psychopomp23]

Wow that's more than i tought

 

[GntlKnigt1]

On second look, the source of the info is "member" so it may just be someone's wild guess rather than a food lab analysis.

Hmm...…interesting thread here.....

http://www.gotmead.com/forum/showthread.php/9331-How-many

Man, this is sssuuuwwwwweeeettt
http://hbd.org/cgi-bin/recipator/brew/widgets/ac.html


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[Marshmallow Blue]

Wouldn't the ABV play a considerable role in the calories per serving?

 

[loveofrose]

My brewpal software claims a traditional BOMM is 313 calories per pint. That seems closer to the truth to me.


Better brewing through science!

 

[GntlKnigt1]

They ALL seem pretty high to me... 356 calories on 8.1 ounces? When mass marketed beers are generally about 150 calories for 12 ounces?

 

[psychopomp23]

Well it would make sense since the starting gravity is considerably lower than a mead. About half in some case depending on what your doing so if you cut the calories in two it would go around 150cal

 

[Marshmallow Blue]

really this shouldn't be a surprise, They're called beer guts for a reason. Alcohol is loaded with calories. I don't care what the calorie content is as long as it tastes great!

 

[mannye]

I had to severely cut back after the first few months. Mead for sure can pack on the gut. More than beer for sure, but that just means more working out...totally worth it to guzzle the mead!

 

[GntlKnigt1]

Ahh...welcome back mannye. You leave any Cajun food for the natives?

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[mannye]

Ahh...welcome back mannye. You leave any Cajun food for the natives?

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Oh man... I kept eating until I got on the plane! Even the airport food in NO is the best! Had a decent red beans and rice and a fantastic cup of gumbo in Concourse D. LOL Best weekend in a long time. Got on the ferry and crossed into Algiers "for one drink" and ended up cancelling dinner. The place is called the "Crown and Anchor" run by a British expat. One look at the door and you will know why I stayed:

 

[fcastle1]

Alcohol has 7 calories per gram
http://adcaps.wsu.edu/alcohol101/alcohol,-nutrition,-healthy-eating/
1 gram = 0.0352739619 ounces -or- 1 oz = 28.35 g
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/One_gram_of_alcohol_is_how_many_ounces
an 8.1oz dry glass of mead at 14% abv = 1.134 oz alchohol
-so-
1.134*28.35*7= 225 calories (with no other carbohydrate additions but alcohol)

Someone want to check my math and logic?

 

[GntlKnigt1]

Yay fcastle1! Nope, not gonna check your math, I like your answer better. That assumes no one comes up at 180

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[mannye]

No I don't want to check math and logic. I have been drinking too much mead!

 

[GntlKnigt1]

I secretly checked fcastle's logic and math.....both appear solid. 225 calories in 8.1 ounces of 14% ABV mead....but it also has some other nutrients, I suspect.

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[mannye]

Yes. Bacon


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[fcastle1]

I secretly checked fcastle's logic and math.....both appear solid. 225 calories in 8.1 ounces of 14% ABV mead....but it also has some other nutrients, I suspect.

Yeah, I suspect the same, but as mannye stated, I also have been drinking too much mead and my logic is getting fuzzy ;D

 

[EbonHawk]

Yeah, I suspect the same, but as mannye stated, I also have been drinking too much mead and my logic is getting fuzzy ;D

Ahh, fuzzy logic. Now we know the rest of the story: I'm sure mead, or some other form of alcohol, was involved in the birth of that.

I wish I had a dollar for every time my brother-in-law argued with me that "pure alcohol" has no calories in it. Sadly, he had a degree in the medical field and organic- and bio-chemistry, but didn't know that. We had lots of arguments about that one. He also hit 50 lbs extra beer gut weight drinking Diet Pepsi and straight vodka. He still denies it.

 

[mannye]

that's just silly... booze is chock full of the worst calories there are...empty ones. Plus, it attracts cold pizza calories. He might have been citing some findings by Professor Charles S. Lieber of Harvard University who claimed alcohol had no effect on weight. Or the book " The Good News About Booze by Tony Edwards"
I don't know about all that big-city stuff. All I know is when I stop drinking, I drop pounds.

 

[Alcofermbrew]

It doesn't matter, it's worth every calorie