If you’re trying to lose weight, some health experts advocate cutting down on alcohol especially if you enjoy cocktails or the more high calorie drinks.
The occasional alcoholic drink won’t do your diet harm but one drink that you may want to keep away from is high-alcohol craft beer.That is because it is full of unnecessary calories.
The strong craft beers tend to have slightly more calories.
If you want to take your cocktail game to the next level and have a little vodka in your liquor cabinet, here are 5 quick and easy vodka cocktails for a next level happy hour.
According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australians are consuming less alcohol than they have in the last 50 years.
The data reveals that 186 million litres of pure alcohol was consumed in 2016/17 across Australia, this is the lowest amount since 1961-62.
Overall this equates to 9.4 litres of pure alcohol for every person over the age of 15 years.
The greatest contributor to the decline was the drop in beer consumption. According to the statistics Australians consumed 3.4 per cent less pure alcohol from beer compared to the previous year.
While the consumption of beer declined the most, it is still the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Australia accounting for 39.2 per cent of all alcohol consumed in the year.
Wine is the second most consumed and accounted for 28.3 per cent of pure alcohol.
Gin use to be known as a grandma’s drink but recently it has become popular again with a number of pubs and bars even offering artisan and specialist gins.
Gin is a low calorie wonder, so if you’re watching your weight, opt for this spirit, just don’t drink it neat.
Here’s an awesome cocktail to ease you into gin that anyone can make.
According to data released by the IWSR, total alcohol consumption around the globe has increased in 2017 compared to 2016.
The slight increase of 0.01 per cent follows a decline of -1.25 per cent in 2016, so any growth is positive for the industry.
The largest increase in global volume consumption was attributed to wine followed by cider while spirits, beer and mixed drinks consumption declined.
The fastest growing regions for spirits according to the date are Asia Pacific and the Americas. The increase in Baijiu consumption in China is one of the main contributors to this growth, with whisky also proving popular in the region.
For more information visit: https://www.theshout.com.au/news/global-alcohol-consumption-reverses-decline-in-2017/
The latest Australian spirit consumption findings have been released and according to it, more than 25 per cent of Australian adults consume spirits at least once in an average of 4 weeks.
Although wine is still the most popular alcoholic beverage, followed by beer, spirits are third and are consumed by 26.2 per cent of Australians of the legal drinking age.
Males are the majority consumers of spirits, favouring whisky, bourbon and rum. Women outnumber males when it comes to consumption of vodka and gin.
It’s also interesting to note that while nearly one-third of all Australian drinkers (31.5 percent) ‘don’t like drinking in pubs’, spirits drinkers tend to have fewer objections.
If you’re still in the festive spirit and planning to entertain, why not impress your guests with a refreshing and beautiful Pomegranate champagne spritzer. This one’s perfect for summer and is so easy to make at home.
Even if you love your alcohol, alcoholic pizza may be a bit too adventurous for most people.
Let’s watch this video of people trying alcoholic pizza for the first time.
Tequila is growing in popularity in Australia but are the expensive varieties we see being imported from Mexico really worth the cost?
According to experts the best tequila comes exclusively from certain regions in Mexico and is made of only blue agave plant, but to the untrained palate is there really any difference in taste?
In this video we watch normal people taste test expensive versus cheap tequila.