How many calories are in Jack Daniel's?
A 1.5 fl oz shot of Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 is 97 calories. Per 100 g the whiskey runs 231 calories, but nobody pours 100 g of whiskey at once; that is nearly two and a half shots. Every one of those calories comes from alcohol, because carbs, sugar, fat and protein all sit at 0 g.
You'd need to walk about 19 minutes to burn the 97 calories in a 1.5 fl oz shot (42 g).
How long does it take to burn off Jack daniels?
A 1.5 fl oz shot (42 g) is 97 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
lb
| Activity | Time to burn 97 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 19 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 12 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 14 min |
| Jogging | 11 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 22 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (42 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Quick facts for one shot
- Shots doubles and pours in US measures
- Jack and Coke and the other mixed drinks
- Higher proof bottlings run hotter
- Where the 97 calories come from
- How does whiskey compare with its mixed drinks
- FAQ
Quick facts for one shot
Old No. 7 is bottled at 80 proof, which is 40% alcohol by volume, so the row that fits it is USDA's FNDDS entry 2710700, "Whiskey". It lands on 231 calories per 100 g, identical to the SR Legacy row for 80 proof distilled spirits, but FNDDS adds the household measures people actually use: a shot, a jigger, a drink. Those are the numbers below.
There is no Nutrition Facts panel on a whiskey bottle to check this against. Distilled spirits are labeled under TTB rules rather than FDA food-label rules, so the calorie count has to come from a research database instead of the back label.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 shot, 1.5 fl oz (42 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 231 | 97 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 0 g | 0 g | — |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Sodium | 1 mg | 0 mg | 0% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Cholesterol is 0 mg and potassium is 2 mg per 100 g, which works out to 1 mg in a shot. Added sugars and trans fat are not in the table because USDA does not publish those two nutrients for this record. That is a data gap, not a hidden amount; a straight distillate has nothing left in it to carry either one.
Two Jack Daniel's expressions are missing here on purpose. Tennessee Honey and Tennessee Apple are bottled at 70 proof and sweetened after distilling, and USDA publishes no record for either, so there is no honest number to give for them.
Shots doubles and pours in US measures
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz, neat | 28 g | 65 kcal |
| 1 oz by weight | 28.3 g | 65 kcal |
| 1 shot or jigger, 1.5 fl oz | 42 g | 97 kcal |
| 1 drink, as poured | 63 g | 146 kcal |
| 1 double, 3 fl oz | 84 g | 194 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 231 kcal |
The fluid ounce, the shot and the drink are USDA household measures attached to the record. The double and the 1 oz weight row are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
Here is a trap worth knowing about. A fluid ounce of whiskey weighs about 28 g, not 29.6 g, because 40% alcohol is lighter than water. So 1 fl oz and 1 oz by weight come out at the same 65 calories by coincidence rather than by rule, and that coincidence breaks the moment you switch to a liqueur or a syrup. Logging whiskey by volume and everything else by weight is where most food diaries drift.
The "1 drink" row at 63 g is the one that surprises people. It is a pour and a half, not a shot, and it is the pour a bartender gives you when you order Jack on the rocks without specifying. That is 146 calories before any ice melts.
Jack and Coke and the other mixed drinks
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical drink | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack and Coke | 89 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 200 kcal |
| Jack and Diet Coke | 60 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 135 kcal |
| Whiskey and soda | 59 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 133 kcal |
| Whiskey and water | 59 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 133 kcal |
| Whiskey sour | 123 kcal | 1 drink (225 g) | 277 kcal |
The mixer decides the number here, not the whiskey. A Jack and Coke at 200 calories costs more than two neat shots, and it brings 17.6 g of carbohydrate and 16.8 g of sugars with it, both scaled by us from the 7.8 g and 7.48 g per 100 g in the USDA record. Sodium in that drink is about 7 mg, which is nothing.
Swap in diet cola and the same glass drops to 135 calories. That is 65 calories saved per drink, and across a four-drink evening it is 260, roughly a light lunch. Club soda or plain water lands even lower at 133, and neither adds sugar.
The whiskey sour is the outlier. At 277 calories a glass it is nearly the cost of three neat shots, because the sour mix carries 36.2 g of sugars and 173 mg of sodium per drink by our scaling of the USDA record. If you want the spirit without the cost of the glass, the drink to order is the one with soda in it.
Higher proof bottlings run hotter
Alcohol is the only thing in the glass with calories, so the proof number on the label is also the calorie number. USDA publishes separate rows by strength, and scaling each one to a 1.5 fl oz shot shows how fast it climbs.
| Bottling strength | Per 100 g | 1.5 fl oz shot (42 g) |
|---|---|---|
| 80 proof, 40% ABV | 231 kcal | 97 kcal |
| 86 proof, 43% ABV | 250 kcal | 105 kcal |
| 90 proof, 45% ABV | 263 kcal | 110 kcal |
| 94 proof, 47% ABV | 275 kcal | 116 kcal |
| 100 proof, 50% ABV | 295 kcal | 124 kcal |
Every shot figure in that table is our own arithmetic from the USDA per-100-g rows, not a USDA serving. Old No. 7 sits on the first line at 80 proof. A single barrel or bottled-in-bond pour from the same distillery belongs on one of the lower lines, and the gap is real: 124 against 97 is 28% more for the same-looking pour.
The 86 proof record also lists 0.1 g of carbohydrate and 0.1 g of sugars per 100 g, which rounds to nothing in a shot. Treat every strength here as carb-free in practice.
Where the 97 calories come from
Work it backwards and the arithmetic is satisfying. A 1.5 fl oz shot at 40% ABV holds about 17.7 mL of pure ethanol, which weighs roughly 14 g. Alcohol carries 7 calories per gram, so 14 × 7 gives about 98 calories. USDA says 97. Nothing else in the glass is doing anything.
That has two practical consequences. First, a macro tracker will show a shot as zeros across the board while your calorie total still moves by 97, which looks like a bug and is not one. Second, those 97 calories cannot be traded against protein or fiber; there is no nutrient attached to them at all.
Those same 14 g of pure alcohol are what the CDC calls one standard drink, and 1.5 fl oz of 80-proof spirits is the textbook example. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put moderate drinking at two drinks or fewer a day for men and one or fewer for women on days when alcohol is consumed, and note that drinking less is better than drinking more. Counted at 97 calories each, two shots is 194, about the same as a bagel with nothing on it.
If you are watching sodium, none of these neat pours matter at all: 0 mg per shot against the FDA Daily Value of 2,300 mg. The whiskey sour, at 173 mg a glass, is the only drink on this page with a sodium figure worth logging.
How does whiskey compare with its mixed drinks
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiskey, neat | 231 kcal | 1 shot, 42 g | 97 kcal |
| Whiskey and cola | 89 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 200 kcal |
| Whiskey and soda | 59 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 133 kcal |
| Whiskey sour | 123 kcal | 1 drink, 225 g | 277 kcal |
Notice how the per-100-g column and the per-drink column disagree. Neat whiskey is the densest thing in the table at 231 calories per 100 g and the cheapest thing to drink at 97 a serving, because the serving is tiny. Ranking spirits by their 100 g number is the single most common mistake made on this topic.
Our take: for calorie counting, order it neat or with soda. A shot at 97 and a highball at 133 are both inside the range of an ordinary snack, and both carry zero sugar. Jack and Coke at 200 is the drink to watch, not because of the whiskey but because of the 16.8 g of sugars riding along; diet cola cuts it to 135 with no change to the pour. The whiskey sour at 277 belongs in the dessert column of your day, and if you order two of them you have spent 554 calories on drinks alone.
FAQ
How many calories are in Jack Daniel's?
97 calories in a standard 1.5 fl oz shot, which weighs 42 g, and 231 calories per 100 g. Old No. 7 is 80 proof, so it matches the USDA row for 40% ABV whiskey. A larger poured drink of 63 g comes to 146 calories.
How many calories in a shot of Jack Daniel's?
97 calories for a 1.5 fl oz shot, the standard jigger measure. A smaller 1 fl oz pour is 65 calories. All of it is alcohol: the shot contains 0 g of carbohydrate, 0 g of fat and 0 g of protein, and just 1 mg of potassium.
How many calories in a double Jack Daniel's?
194 calories for a 3 fl oz double, which is 84 g of whiskey. That figure is our own arithmetic from the USDA 231 calories per 100 g, not a USDA serving. A double neat costs slightly less than a single Jack and Coke, which comes in at 200.
Does Jack Daniel's have carbs?
No: 0 g of carbohydrate per shot and 0 g per 100 g in the USDA record. Distillation leaves the sugars and starches from the mash behind, so what reaches the bottle is alcohol, water and trace flavor compounds. The 86 proof record lists 0.1 g per 100 g, which rounds to nothing.
Does Jack Daniel's have sugar?
No: total sugars are 0 g per shot and 0 g per 100 g. Any sugar in your glass came from the mixer. A Jack and Coke carries 16.8 g of sugars per 225 g drink by our scaling of the USDA record, and a whiskey sour carries 36.2 g in the same size glass.
How many calories in a Jack and Coke?
200 calories for a 225 g drink, at 89 calories per 100 g in the USDA record for whiskey and cola. That is more than two neat shots. It also brings 17.6 g of carbohydrate and 16.8 g of sugars, both scaled by us from the per-100-g figures, plus about 7 mg of sodium.
Is Jack Daniel's keto friendly?
It contains 0 g of carbohydrate per shot, so it fits a low-carb count on paper, and the 97 calories still have to be logged. Mixers are what break the math: regular cola adds 16.8 g of sugars to a 225 g drink, while soda water or diet cola add none.
Jack Daniel's vs vodka, are they the same calories?
At 80 proof, yes: both are 97 calories a 1.5 fl oz shot. USDA uses one 231 calories per 100 g row for gin, rum, vodka and whiskey at that strength, because alcohol is the only calorie source in any of them. Proof is what changes the number, not the spirit.
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