A 500 ml bottle of beer packs ~340 kcal — easy to miss across an evening. The per-100 g profile is 68 kcal. The combined meta-analysis of 599,912 drinkers (Wood et al., Lancet 2018) found life expectancy drops above ~100 g alcohol per week.
How should I track Alcoholic beverage, malt beer, hard lemonade?
Liquid calories from Alcoholic beverage, malt beer, hard lemonade are easy to overlook because drinks do not trigger the same fullness signals as solid food. A meta-analysis (Wehling & Lusher, Am J Clin Nutr 2021) confirmed that people underreport beverage intake more than solid food. Most people pour 30–50% more than the label serving size without realizing it. Use a kitchen scale to weigh your glass or bottle once — you will know your exact pour going forward. This one calibration step can save you from hundreds of untracked calories per week.