Following a keto lifestyle doesn’t mean you have to skip cocktails with your friends, there are tons of delicious ways to enjoy alcohol in a low carb way.

COCKTAILS

So the simplest way to create a low carb drink is to start with one of these and add a sugar-free mixer. Luckily there are so many sugar-free drinks these days, it’s easy to create almost anything. Hard alcohol like Gin, Tequila, Vodka, Whiskey have zero carbs so they are great choices to start a drink recipe! I mainly go for Vodka or Tequila, so here are some of my favorite drinks:

• Vodka + Soda, Vodka + Diet Tonic, Vodka + Bai (Bai Sparkling too), Vodka + Sparkling Ice, Vodka + Zevia, Vodka + Sprite Zero

  • Squirt of fresh lime juice

  • You can mix these with Gin as well

• Tequila + Soda, Tequila + Sparkling Water, Tequila + Diet Tonic, Tequila + Sparkling Bai (love the Grapefruit flavor for a Paloma style drink), Tequila + Fresh lime juice, Tequila + Sprite Zero

• I’m not a whiskey drinker, but Whiskey + Diet Coke, Whiskey + Zevia Ginger Ale

WINE

If you’re a wine drinker, the good news is you can still enjoy wine on keto. You do want to stay away from sweet wines though, this would include Moscato, Zinfandel, Port and any dessert wine.

• Champagne: a 5oz glass has 2g of carbs

• Red Wine: a 5oz glass has 4g of carbs

  • Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet

• White Wine: a 5oz glass has 3g of carbs

  • Sauvignon Blanc

  • Pinot Grigio

    • Chardonnay has 3.7g of carbs

    • Riesling has 5.5g of carbs

If you find it hard to stop at one glass of wine, then just be conscious that the carbs add up quickly.

BEER

It seems like there are new low carb beers and spiked seltzers coming out every day, so there are a lot more options in this category than there used to be.

• My favorite low carb beers are Corona Premier (2.6g carbs) and Michelob Ultra (2.6g carbs)

• My favorite spiked seltzers are White Claw (2g carbs) and Truly Lemonade (3g carbs)