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by glass or bottle🍶Soju (1 bottle, 360ml)
328kcal · 16.5%
🍺Beer (500ml)
188kcal · 4.5%
🥫Beer (355ml can)
132kcal · 4.5%
🍚Makgeolli / rice wine (750ml)
385kcal · 6%
🍷Wine (150ml glass)
115kcal · 12%
🥃Whisky (30ml shot)
66kcal · 40%
🥤Highball (350ml)
183kcal · 7%
🥂Champagne (150ml glass)
107kcal · 12%
🍶Sake / cheongju (100ml)
103kcal · 15%
🍸Cocktail (200ml)
213kcal · 12%
A rough estimate using 7 kcal/g alcohol and 4 kcal/g carbs. Actual proof and sugar vary by product. Food is not included. Running conversion assumes 8 km/h (MET 8).
A gram of alcohol is 7 calories
Carbs and protein are 4 calories a gram, fat is 9 — alcohol sits close to fat. Two shots of soju alone can add up to nearly 800 calories with zero food involved. The idea that "drinking alone doesn’t add weight" only holds because people blame the food that came with it.
The body burns alcohol first
Alcohol cannot be stored, so the body processes it before anything else. Whatever fat you ate at the same time just sits there unburned in the meantime — this is why fatty food paired with drinking is a particularly bad combination.
Beer and spirits gain weight differently
Spirits like soju or whisky get almost all their calories from alcohol itself. Beer is lower proof but carries carbs, so roughly a third of a glass’s calories can be sugar. Rice wine (makgeolli) carries even more — this is why "low proof means it’s fine" doesn’t hold up for it.
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Frequently asked questions
QIs this exact?
No — it assumes 7 kcal per gram of alcohol and 4 kcal per gram of carbs. Actual proof and sugar content vary by brand, and food eaten alongside is not included.
QHow is the running time worked out?
It converts the total calories using a running pace of about 8 km/h (MET 8). Heavier body weight burns more per minute, so the time needed goes down.