BoozeRatio
Guides
Original explainers on how to read alcohol, calorie, and price comparisons. For adults of legal drinking age.
- 12 oz vs 16 oz cans at the same ABV
Same beer, different can size — how alcohol, calories, and package value scale, and how BoozeRatio avoids serving-size tricks.
- Garage Beer vs Michelob Ultra
A worked comparison of two light lagers using ABV, calories, carbs, and illustrative pack prices from the BoozeRatio catalog.
- How regional ABC prices are used
Virginia ABC and other control-state or retail snapshots are reference prices for a place and time — never a national average.
- How to read BoozeRatio rankings
Alcohol per 100 calories vs alcohol per dollar, baselines, missing data, and what the sort order is not telling you.
- Light beer vs double IPA for equivalent alcohol
How to compare a light lager and a strong IPA when you care about calories and alcohol — not marketing labels.
- Lower-calorie alternatives within IPAs
How to find sessionable or lighter IPAs using alcohol-per-calorie rankings without pretending taste is a spreadsheet.
- Six-pack vs case: alcohol per dollar
Why multipack pricing changes alcohol-per-dollar rankings and how to compare packs without mixing bar and grocery contexts.
- Standard-drink math (NIAAA)
What a US standard drink means in grams and milliliters, how BoozeRatio uses it, and why equivalence is not identical effects.
- Vodka soda vs vodka tonic (recipe model)
Same spirit pour, different mixers — how sugar and calories change alcohol-per-calorie rankings for home-prepared highballs.
- Why zero-carb is not zero-calorie
Alcohol carries energy even when carbohydrate grams look tiny. How to read light, low-carb, and spirits labels without kidding yourself.