{"id":21820,"date":"2019-02-24T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/?p=21820"},"modified":"2019-02-24T04:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:14:22","slug":"low-calorie-beers-are-all-the-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/2019\/02\/24\/low-calorie-beers-are-all-the-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Low-calorie beers are in high demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

It used to just be Michelob Ultra, but now brewers all over are marketing their products to the health-conscious.<\/p>\n

Locally, Bitter Brothers\u2019<\/a> Pacesetter IPA is \u201cbrewed to be light in calories but not in flavor,\u201d said head brewer Tyler Tucker. The beer, clocking in at 95 calories (per 12-ounce serving) and 4% ABV, is currently available in the tasting room and will soon be in wider distribution via 16-ounce cans. It\u2019s hopped with Centennial, Simcoe, El Dorado, and Mosaic at about 1.5 lbs per barrel; the malt bill is two-row and acidulated malt.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlavors include lemon and peach with a slight hop resin and a lingering bitterness. The beer is refreshing with a crisp, clean, and dry finish,\u201d said Tucker. \u201cTo truly enjoy this beer, drink it before or after a workout, or a night out with friends. It also makes a great yard work beer, or even a shower beer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bitter Brothers’ Pacesetter. Photo by Jordan McDonald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, in early February, Chico\u2019s Sierra Nevada announced they will soon be acquiring San Francisco\u2019s Sufferfest Beer Company. Sufferfest markets to athletes (the name refers to prolonged suffering in endurance competitions), and their ales and lagers are gluten-reduced with names derived from sports. \u201cI\u2019ve always craved a beer after a race, but when I couldn\u2019t find a beer that agreed with my dietary and performance needs, it left a genuine void in the post-race social experience,\u201d explained Sufferfest CEO Caitlin Landesberg.<\/p>\n

This spring, Dogfish Head will be releasing an \u201cActivity Box\u201d with cans of their SeaQuench Ale (\u201cBest Low-Cal Beer Award\u201d in Men\u2019s Health two years running), Namaste White Beer, 95-calorie Slighty Mighty IPA, and SuperEIGHT gose with prickly pear, mango, boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices, toasted quinoa, and red Hawaiian sea salt (5.3% ABV).<\/p>\n

As for some of the larger brewers, Heineken-backed Lagunitas is pushing their DayTime IPA (4% ABV, 98 calories), Constellation Brands-backed Ballast Point has a low-cal lager separate from Longfin (4.2% ABV, 99 calories), and Bud Light has made a big deal of the nutrition labels on their new packaging, showing 110 calories per 12-ounce can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It used to just be Michelob Ultra, but now brewers all over are marketing their products to the health-conscious. Locally, Bitter Brothers\u2019 Pacesetter IPA is \u201cbrewed to be light in calories but not in flavor,\u201d said head brewer Tyler Tucker. The beer, clocking in at 95 calories (per 12-ounce serving) and 4% ABV, is currently […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pacesetter-Label-Outlined-e1550858455600.jpg?fit=1024%2C614&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-5FW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21824,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21820\/revisions\/21824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}