‘Tis the gift-giving season. Here’s an idea for the beer geek in your life.
I suppose if you’re really counting calories you wouldn’t be drinking beer. Not to mention that there is a fairly wide difference in the calorie contents of different styles. And, of course, if you could drop one McDonald’s double cheeseburger you could add three or four beers and stay calorie neutral. I know what I would choose.
(via Seihin.com (Japanese) (via Shiny Shiny))
Of course, this isn’t a new idea. I gave one of each of these “Nutrition Information” glasses to Ron, Max, and Don a few years ago. (I found it at one of those ubiquitous Spencer’s Gifts in a shopping mall.) Ironically, there has been some talk lately of the U.S. Government requiring such nutrition labels on beer.
While I don’t think it’s bad for people to understand the calories in beer they vary so greatly (as you stated in the article). Maybe this is an average but there are so many varieties this could be deceiving if people think it’s true nutrition information.