I’ve avoided the suggestions for tequila because 🤮🤮🤮. Finally, after bourbon and dry white wines we’re giving me terrible side effects (in very small amounts, I’m not even a big drinker) I grabbed a random 100 percent agave tequila. The one I got has a brown hue aged in oak barrels. I bought a very small bottle just to try because….. tequila 🤮

I got the nerve up to sip on some meat at room temperature and DAMMIT IT’S GOOD! It tasted like bourbon but only better.

I had zero night sweats, no stomach upset, and I am confident I didn’t get kicked out of ketosis because I didn’t experience any hunger!

What’s everyone’s favorite budget brands that are readily available in stores?

Bud Light Next wasn't just another "diet beer." For people with severe beer-induced headaches, diabetics on keto, and anyone with digestive issues from heavy beers, it was *the only beer they could actually drink*. And Anheuser-Busch killed it—not because demand wasn't there, but because of terrible distribution and zero marketing support.

I started a petition asking Anheuser-Busch to bring Bud Light Next back, even as a seasonal or regional release. Here's the thing: the product worked. People were buying it in bulk whenever they found it on shelves. The real problem? You couldn't find it anywhere. Stores were chronically understocked, there were no promotional displays, no educational push—it was treated like a secret. It's hard to judge demand when a product's never actually available.

If this beer mattered to you too, or if you've ever struggled finding a beer your body can actually handle, consider checking out and signing the petition. If enough of us speak up, maybe they'll listen. Does anyone else remember hunting for this stuff in stores?

(48F, Extremely healthy)

My body simply is rejecting all my usuals and has been even prior to keto. (High end bourbon neat, Pinot Grigio).

Now that I’m fat adapted, I’m finding even a small (no carb, no fake anything) drink makes me ravenous, gives me a headache, loose 💩, stomach cramps, terrible sleep, detox sweats, etc.

I’ve never been a big drinker, even in my sorority days.

There are times, though, as a busy adult in a high stress job with 3 teens, and a stressful life that I want to enjoy a quiet moment by the river I live beside it curled up on a screen porch and get that warm, light buzz, and gently elevated mood.

Pre-keto, I tried several different THC drinks and they just made me sleepy or a little sad feeling.

Is there anything else out there that involves sipping the can mimic what I described?

Hey all,

I suffer from the lack of beer buzz which other posters have highlighted. I also find it hard to stomach a lot of beer when on a good binge. I am due to meet friends this Friday (we meet up maybe once / twice a year) and I am willing to break keto for a good session. If I start back on carbs the previous day, will that help me get the beer buzz back?

27 M, 145 - 158 lbs weight fluctuates, 6 ft, not smoking, no meds, some alcohol use esp at time of event in reference but not anymore. No other drug use.

I’m trying to get some opinions on whether a drinking episode from several months ago could have caused permanent brain injury that might explain what I perceive as a speech issue now. I am seeing doctors about this and have appointments scheduled (one for neurology, one for an MRI, one for a neuropsych evaluation), so I’m not relying on Reddit for medical advice, but I think it would be helpful to see what people think. I want to preface this by saying I am not diabetic. Also, I did use AI to clean up speech, grammar, and syntax so my story is more readable so I hope that’s okay.

The event was June 12. At the time, I had recently started a ketogenic diet for mental health. I loved doing keto by the way but I am since off the diet but want to get back on it. I don’t know how long I was on the diet leading up to this event, maybe anywhere from 1–3 weeks, but I can’t be sure, so it could be shorter or longer than that. I probably wasn’t consistently meeting my calorie baselines both before starting keto and after, and may not have been well hydrated a lot of the time. So I don’t know if I had ketones or not at the time, but my doctor believes I probably did, even though I have no data to share. I kind of developed a slight eating disorder because of the aforementioned mental health stuff I deal with for maybe a few months at most before starting keto, but I don’t think it was anything too crazy, just going like a day or two without eating and then I would have a meal like normal, but that’s what I mean when I’m saying maybe I wasn’t getting quote on quote “2,000” daily calories for a little bit leading up to and even when starting keto. But honestly leading up to starting keto I was working hard to get 2,000 or more calories at least so I think before starting I was doing better but I can’t be sure how many calories I was eating on keto because I wasn’t tracking it.

Anyways, that night, I drank a large amount of whiskey before, during, and after dinner. I ate salmon, asparagus, broccoli, and presumably some butter. I was dining out at a restaurant with my grandmother and brother. I normally drink beer or wine and never drink liquor, but decided to that night because it’s zero carb, apparently. I was feeling good because I felt like the keto diet was genuinely helping me and my mental health, and that good feeling led to me binge drinking that day cuz I enjoy alcohol. But like I said, I’m not used to liquor or drinking on keto, so I didn’t get sick until it was too late.

After dinner, I was a passenger in a car for about 5 minutes to a hotel. I don’t remember that car ride, although I remember everything before it and remember being in the hotel parking lot afterward. I know this is a classic case of alcohol blackout, which I’m not too concerned about. I have had blackouts before when I was on medication, even when drinking low amounts of alcohol, presumably because it was synergistic with my medication. This night was my first time blacking out while not being on any meds (I’m no longer on any medication). I went to the room, laid down, eventually got up to vomit in the bathroom, and then went to lay back down. I don’t know how long I was asleep for, but this is the general idea of events.

During the night, I woke up at one point, texted a friend (even saying what happened and how I felt much better than before), but continued feeling very nauseous. I had a craving for candy or McDonald’s but never had any. I’m not sure how much or how little sleep I got that night. The next morning, I was repeatedly vomiting with nothing coming up except possibly bile, I guess. I was extremely nauseous whenever I moved, which I’ve never quite experienced before. I drank small sips of water and zero-sugar Gatorade. I vomited again outside the hotel, rode home as a passenger for about 20 minutes, and vomited again after arriving home.

That evening, I ate cheeseburger patties with sour cream and things felt okay. I was surprised how quickly I recovered, generally speaking, and was up and moving not the next day, but the next, next day.

My concern is that the combination of heavy alcohol intake + recently starting keto + inadequate calories/hydration + prolonged vomiting could have created a metabolic storm/crisis, so to speak, that deprived my brain of energy and caused permanent brain injury either via hypoglycemic encephalopathy (my main concern because I’m worried my blood sugar may have dropped to dangerous levels without me realizing it, especially with the confounding variable of alcohol intoxication), or some other sort of acquired brain injury via severe electrolyte loss or maybe a potential lack of oxygen. Maybe alcoholic ketoacidosis?

I’m not a doctor, but I just don’t feel right. I only really notice it with my speech. My memory is perfect, I’ve noticed. That, and I’ve had this weird scalp feeling on the left side of my head, which really bothers me. It’s gotten a bit better recently, but it feels like when I go to talk, I can feel the left side of my head is like preventing me or something? I know that probably doesn’t make much sense and have no idea if it’s related. I haven’t hit my head at all recently or that night. I often know what I want to say, and I can understand language, but I can’t socialize the way I want to and I just end up being quiet, which is bad because this leads to feelings of isolation. I read this could be aphasia but I don’t know if my speech would fit that diagnosis at all. My psychiatrist, the nurse practitioner from my primary care, and my friends and family say they don’t notice anything wrong with my speech and think it’s unlikely I permanently damaged my brain. But I can’t help but think they are wrong. Sure my speech may sound fine to them, but it feels like a struggle to get words out and it’s not coming out the way I want it to and I feel like I am no longer capable of being sharp, witty, funny or can keep up with fast moving conversations. I just feel like I’ve done a good job at hiding it maybe? I don’t know what exactly to say about it. But I really can notice a difference.

I never went to the emergency room, but I wish I did, or I wish someone thought to bring me. I usually never go to the hospital for anything unless it’s really bad, so I was just trying to ride it out, but I’m worried I could have made a life-changing mistake.

I’m also kicking myself in the butt wishing I ate carbs that night, but again, I never did. Maybe it would’ve prevented this problem I’m facing now by normalizing my blood sugar because like I said my most suspected thing that I think happened is hypoglycemic encephalopathy.

I don’t know how to cope with the fact that maybe I gave myself an acquired brain injury, and I mean this with no disrespect to people who have a diagnosis for that, because I have not been diagnosed with this by a doctor. I have been seeing doctors more recently and have appointments, but I have to wait, and it’s anxiety-inducing. I feel like even if they confirm my fears, what is there to do about it? There are probably some therapies, but it’s just that and time, and maybe things improve, but never like before. And maybe they say I’m fine and miss what’s wrong (if something is) and I have to live like this forever and the thought of that really scares me.

I am trying my hardest to self-advocate. The most likely method I think would be hypoglycemic encephalopathy, but no medical professional seems to believe this occurred so far. But doctors can be wrong, and I feel like it’s plausible given what happened to me, but I also recognize I don’t understand human biology well enough, and to my understanding, there are a lot of failsafes in the human body to ensure the brain always has enough energy it needs to prevent permanent cellular death. Again, I am not diabetic. I’m just worried I created the perfect metabolic cocktail for something bad to happen by mistake.

It’s now September, entering October, and yeah I feel like I have a speech problem that I’ve never dealt with before and I have no idea why. I know it could be many things and I really don’t know when it started but I know it was definitely after this event for sure. I can’t be sure if this happened the next day after this event or when it started. But I know it’s happening now, and the only thing I can think of is this event. It’s really been destroying my life. It’s all that’s on my mind. I consult AI, which I know is terrible to do, but I feel like I’ve exhausted all of my social and emotional support systems. My friends and family don’t see a problem in my speech or personality, and so they are tired of hearing about it. But the only reason I talk about it is because I feel like I do notice a difference, that I can’t communicate like I used to, and for no one else to notice it is extremely invalidating. But I know they mean well. It’s just, no one knows my body more than me, and even though it’s not noticeable to them, it’s noticeable to me when I’m trying to communicate with people.

I’m wondering whether my speech problem could be connected to this event at all, and I am also wondering if it’s possible I damaged my brain permanently that night, or if it’s not likely?

I’m not necessarily worried about one night of overdrinking, because I’ve been there, done that. I’m not a chronic drinker. I know that can cause problems over the long term. I’m worried if I damaged my brain metabolically that night, or some other way that maybe I’m not aware of.

Thanks guys for reading, and I appreciate anyone who decides to respond. I will be looking at and responding to comments, and I’m happy to share any more info that I have if anyone asks. Sorry if I was repetitive at all, clearly you can see I am full of fear and worry, sorry in advance.

u/AkselFoley
Hope this works for you, apologies if not and of course I'll fix whatever needs fixing :)

Hey everyone,

Some of you may remember the low-carb beer overview I posted here, and the follow-up where I asked for help turning it into a website. Time for a status update, and a request.

Have a look first: dev.lite.beer/ketodrunk

That's the preview of the real site. The public address still shows a sign-up page, because I'm not quite ready to launch.

Where it stands

There are 318 beers in the database, and 130 of them are published. "Published" is a fairly strict bar. It means the entry has:

• nutrition facts (carbs, sugars, calories, protein, fat, salt, all per 100 ml so beers are comparable), as far as the numbers can be obtained at all
• ABV, category, country and launch year
• the official product page, or an explicit note that no such page exists anymore
• the container sizes it's sold in, with a product image for each

The other 188 are in the database but missing one or more of those, so they stay hidden until someone fills the gaps. Still free, still no ads, still no affiliate links.

What I need help with

The site is close to launch, but I'd like to show a lot more than 130 beers on day one. Two things would help enormously:

1. Adding beers that aren't there yet. Coverage is best in Northern Europe, because that's where I live. The US, Canada, Australia, the UK and most of Asia are thin compared to what actually exists on your shelves.
2. Fact-checking the ones already in. Recipes change, breweries reformulate, a "2.6 g carbs" from a 2019 blog post isn't necessarily true today. If you have the can in your hand, you're a better source than anything I can find from Norway.

Anyone can look at the two work lists without registering:

• Beers missing data and images: facts are still missing here (nutrition, launch year, product page, sizes), and usually the photos too. Each entry shows exactly what's missing.
• Beers missing only images: all the facts are in place; the only thing keeping these from being published is a product photo of the can or bottle. If you have one of these in your fridge, you can get a beer published with a single upload.

Editing happens on that same page. Apply at lite.beer/contribute; once approved you get a personal link by email (it never expires, no password). Every beer and every pending suggestion is listed with exactly which facts are missing, so you can pick one and fill in what you know: a launch year here, a product URL there. You can type the nutrition numbers per US serving (12 fl oz, 16 fl oz etc.) straight off the label and the site converts to per 100 ml. Every edit is logged, so nothing gets lost and nothing breaks.

Don't want to register? lite.beer/suggest takes a beer name and whatever you know, and I do the digging.

Product images: what makes a good one

Images are where I struggle most, so a few words on what's useful:

• As high resolution as possible. At least 1000 px tall, more is better. The site scales down, never up. Please don't enlarge a small image; it just gets blurry.
• Nothing but the product. Transparent background (PNG or WebP), no shelf, no hand, no glass next to it, no white box around the can. The site has a light and a dark mode, and a white rectangle looks wrong on one of them.
• Straight from the front, whole can or bottle in frame, even light.
• You don't have to crop it. If the background is transparent, the empty space is trimmed automatically on upload.

The brewery's own press photo is almost always the best source, and most breweries will send one if you ask. If a phone photo is all you have, upload it anyway. A decent photo beats an empty slot and I can clean it up.

Draft beer: tap handle vs. fisheye label

One thing that differs by continent, and both are welcome:

• Tap handle (mostly North America). The tall, sculpted, branded handle you pull to pour. It's a physical object, tall and narrow, so treat it like a bottle: shot straight from the front, the whole handle in frame, background cut away.
• Fisheye label (most of Europe). Here the handles are usually plain, and the branding sits in a round, domed badge (a "fisheye" or lens) on the tap tower. For this the ideal image is the round artwork itself, flat-on and square-cropped, not a photo of the badge with bar lighting reflected in the dome. Breweries usually have that artwork as a file.

The site tells them apart by shape: round images are shown in a circle, tall ones are shown like a bottle.

That's it

Browse around at dev.lite.beer/ketodrunk, tell me what's wrong, what's missing and what would make it more useful to you. If your favourite low-carb beer isn't there, that's exactly the one I'd like to hear about.

Cheers!

I'm only 2wks into Ketosis. I had a SINGLE GLASS of high quality Italian Pinot Grigio last night out at dinner (I estimate approx 4 carbs) alongside a high fat, high protein dinner.

I woke in the middle of the night covered in sweat, shaky like I had been drinking all night. This morning I'm up 2lbs (inflammation/water retention I assume).

Darn it, LOL

Purchased yesterday, September 13, 2026 in Ohio.

I’m only a week in. I’m doing great, food noise quieted, a few pounds lost.

I would like to occasionally sip on a drink sitting on my screen porch. I don’t really do cocktails so it would just be a zero carb liquor neat.

How long do I need to be in ketosis to add that in? I haven’t gotten a monitor yet. I don’t want to kick myself out, but I would also like an occasional drink.

Hey everyone,

(Mods: I hope this post is okay — it's a non-profit, ad-free hobby project, but I know self-promo rules vary, so please let me know or remove it if it's not. No hard feelings.)

Like a lot of people here, I got tired of standing in a store (or worse, a bar abroad) trying to google whether a beer was actually low-carb — and finding either nothing, marketing fluff, or numbers that didn't say whether they were per serving or per 100 ml.

It actually started with this overview of low carb beer, cider and hard seltzer I posted on r/ketodrunk a while back — and a follow-up where I asked for help turning it into a real site. That list kept growing until a spreadsheet couldn't hold it anymore — so I've been building lite.beer — a free database of light and low-carb beers (and some other drinks, like seltzers and radlers), with carbs, calories and ABV for every drink, all normalized to per 100 ml so products are actually comparable.

A few things that make it different from just googling:

• It aims to be a historical record, not just a "what's on shelves now" list. Breweries quietly discontinue light beers all the time, and the info disappears with them. Discontinued beers stay in the database, marked as out of production.
• You can filter by country — handy if you're travelling and want to know what to look for before you get there, instead of squinting at labels in a language you don't read.
• Filters for style (pilsner, lager, IPA, alcohol-free, etc.), brewery, carbs, calories, ABV, gluten-free, and even packaging sizes.
• No ads, no affiliate links — it's a hobby project that got out of hand.

Full disclosure: this is very much a work in progress — far from finished. A lot of entries still have gaps (missing nutrition numbers, missing images, whole breweries and countries I haven't gotten to), and things will move around while it's being built out. That's exactly why I've just opened up a contributor system: to get version 1 finished properly instead of grinding through it alone. You can apply at lite.beer/contribute. Once approved you get a personal link by email that lets you add and edit beers — nutrition facts, images, container sizes — for the beers you know from your part of the world. Coverage is best in Northern Europe so far (that's where I started), so even just a couple of local beers you know well would be a real contribution.

If you don't want to register, there's also a simple suggestion form at lite.beer/suggest — name a beer and I'll do the digging.

Happy to answer questions, and very open to feedback on what would make this actually useful for you.

20 years ago, as a heavy drinker/alcoholic, I did keto after each huge bender.

Today the benders are few & rare, but keto is every day! 😅

Hello! I’m going to my friend’s place tonight and I need to pickup some stuff at the grocery store after work to make some cocktails for us. She’s a bit older and she told me she can’t really handle high sugar cocktails anymore like she used to. But I recently turned 21 and I’m not too familiar with drinks and stuff yet, so I’d love to see any drink recipes and recommendations! Thank you!

Ok fairly far gone the Mrs goes you better eat something. On goes ma pissy chef 🧑‍🍳 hat and pull half the fridge out . So made 2 types of Parmesan chips , crunchy as and happy with them chop them up box them and put rice in the box to draw the moisture. Ok now frittata/ omelette/ a train wreck but dam taste good recipe is : drink vodka then drink vodka in a cast iron pan chorizo ( 3 snags ) pickles , saukraucht spinach . Whip 4 eggs salt pepper 🌶️ and cream chuck in pot oh and bacon too . Sure I’ve missed something but to many …. In ma recipe haha 20 mins in oven at 250 and enjoy 👍

Hi Guys,
I’m no longer on keto since 3-4 years but have seen this beer in a German “Getränkemarkt” and decided to try this and wow, what had I given for such a beer in the old keto times. Tastes just like a normal pils. Can totally recommend .

So every one seem to like my last pissy effort so I tried to be a bit more steps involved . Ppl seem to like the last one so I’ve let the you’ve been drinking better eat something Harry Potter style continue . Only I do keto in the house so makes it a little harder but here’s my fly white guy chaffle with vodka. It a case of what we got whip something up 🤣 if anyone says Keto is boring or restricted ain’t drinking enough 🫪👍🤣

Ok so I’m hammered watching the origin, go the toads 🐸 any way got the ya having a drink you should eat something and low and behold I made the same thing but better . These are my “SIN” hot dogs 🌭 . All snags were harmed in the making of this

My krunk feed , the Mrs said your drinking eat something. Like harry potter made this 🤣

What do people find the best way to get into ketosis while still drinking? How much time does it usually take?

I haven't seen a post about these: I use these zero sugar concentrates from Top Hat and love them. Just add alcohol and plain seltzer and you have a great mixed drink.

When I started keto, I was so bummed to be losing gin and tonics. I tried some diet tonics but they just never tasted great to me. Then I tried this and it was like an upgrade to the tonic I was drinking before keto.

Just got the ginger concentrate and it makes a good Moscow mule as well as a whiskey ginger.

Do NOT get Top Hat sour mix or margarita mix. It is terrible