How many calories are in a Shiner Bock?
A 12 fl oz bottle of Shiner Bock is 155 calories. Per 100 g the beer runs 43 calories, which puts this Texas bock squarely with ordinary full-strength lagers rather than the heavy stuff its name suggests. The carbohydrate is 12.8 g a bottle, the sugar is zero, and the fat line never moves off zero.
You'd need to walk about 31 minutes to burn the 155 calories in one 12 fl oz bottle (360 g).
How long does it take to burn off Shiner Bock?
One 12 fl oz bottle (360 g) is 155 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 155 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 31 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 19 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 22 min |
| Jogging | 18 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 34 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 (360 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Shiner Bock quick facts
- Bottle to pint to six-pack
- How light and strong beers change the number
- Where non-alcoholic malt beer lands
- What the carb and sodium rows really say
- How does Shiner Bock compare?
- Shiner Bock FAQs
Shiner Bock quick facts
Beer is not required to carry a Nutrition Facts panel, so USDA FoodData Central has no branded entry for Shiner Bock, or for any other beer. What it does have is a pooled record for full-strength lager: SR Legacy 168746, "Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular, all", at 43 calories per 100 g. Shiner Bock is a 4.4% ABV bock — a regular-strength beer by every measure USDA uses to sort its records — so that is the row that fits.
There is a second candidate, the FNDDS entry simply named "Beer," and it carries the same values to the decimal. When two records agree, the older, better-documented one wins. The numbers below are that record, scaled to a 12 fl oz pour, which weighs about 360 g.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per one 12 fl oz bottle (360 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 43 | 155 | — |
| Total fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Saturated fat | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Carbohydrate | 3.55 g | 12.8 g | 5% |
| Dietary fiber | 0 g | 0 g | 0% |
| Total sugars | 0 g | 0 g | — |
| Protein | 0.46 g | 1.7 g | 3% |
| Sodium | 4 mg | 14 mg | 1% |
% 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 →
Two label rows are missing on purpose. USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this record, and neither would show anything anyway: a fermented beer has no added sugar and no fat to hydrogenate. Cholesterol is 0 mg. Potassium is the one mineral worth naming, at 97 mg a bottle, or 2% of the Daily Value.
The arithmetic that makes beer confusing is hiding in plain sight. Only 12.8 g of the bottle is carbohydrate and 1.7 g is protein, which between them account for roughly 58 calories. The other 97 come from the alcohol itself, at 7 calories per gram. That is why a low-carb beer is not automatically a low-calorie beer.
Bottle to pint to six-pack
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 fl oz | 30 g | 13 kcal |
| 1 oz by weight | 28.3 g | 12 kcal |
| One bottle or can, 12 fl oz | 360 g | 155 kcal |
| One pint glass, 16 fl oz | 480 g | 206 kcal |
| One large bottle, 40 fl oz | 1200 g | 516 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 43 kcal |
The 12 fl oz, 16 fl oz and 40 fl oz pours are USDA household measures for beer, converted at 1 fl oz to 30 g. The 1 oz row is our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not a USDA serving, and it exists only because kitchen scales speak ounces by weight while bars speak ounces by volume. The two are close for beer but not identical.
Here is the trap worth internalizing. A pint glass is 206 calories, 51 more than the bottle you were picturing when you decided to have one beer. Order two pints instead of two bottles and you have quietly added 102 calories without changing anything you would have thought to log. A six-pack of bottles is 930 calories — six times the 155-calorie bottle, our own arithmetic rather than a USDA serving — which is a full restaurant dinner poured into a cooler.
How light and strong beers change the number
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical pour | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular beer, the Shiner Bock row | 43 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 155 kcal |
| Regular lager, Budweiser | 41 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 148 kcal |
| Light beer | 29 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 104 kcal |
| Low-carb light beer | 27 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 97 kcal |
| Light beer, higher alcohol | 46 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 166 kcal |
| Higher-alcohol beer | 58 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 209 kcal |
The word "bock" does the heavy lifting in people's heads, and it is wrong here. A doppelbock or an imperial stout at 6% ABV and up lands on the USDA higher-alcohol row: 209 calories per 12 fl oz, 35% above regular beer. Shiner Bock is not that beer. At 4.4% ABV it is a shade under most American lagers, and 155 calories is the honest figure.
Light beer saves 51 calories a bottle. That is a real difference and a small one — six light beers instead of six regular is 624 calories against 930, a gap of 306, or about two extra beers' worth. Low-carb light goes lower still, 97 calories a bottle, and its carbohydrate is down to roughly 2.6 g a bottle by our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure.
The strangest row in the table is light beer with higher alcohol: 166 calories, more than the regular beer it is marketed against. The recipe is light, the alcohol is not, and alcohol is where the calories live.
Where non-alcoholic malt beer lands
Swapping to a non-alcoholic malt beverage cuts the calories to 133 per 12 fl oz, down from 155. It is a smaller saving than most people expect, and the reason is on the sugar line. USDA lists the malt beverage at 8.05 g of sugars per 100 g, which works out to about 29 g in a 12 fl oz bottle by our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure — against a flat zero for beer with the alcohol left in.
That is the whole trade in one sentence: fermentation converts sugar into alcohol, so removing the alcohol means the sugar stays. Carbohydrate goes from 12.8 g a bottle to roughly 29 g, sodium from 14 mg to about 47 mg, and the calorie saving is 22. If the goal is fewer calories, a light beer beats a non-alcoholic one. If the goal is no alcohol, the calories were never the point.
What the carb and sodium rows really say
Beer has a reputation for both carbs and salt, and the record supports neither. A bottle is 12.8 g of carbohydrate, 5% of the FDA Daily Value of 275 g — less than a slice of bread. Sodium is 14 mg, 1% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, which is not enough salt to taste and nowhere near enough to matter to anyone watching it.
Sugar is zero. Not "low," not "trace" — the fermentation is thorough enough that USDA records 0 g of total sugars per 100 g, while still recording 3.55 g of carbohydrate. Those carbohydrates are dextrins and other fragments the yeast could not finish. If you are counting sugar rather than carbs, beer is invisible on that line.
The number that does climb is calories, and it climbs by count rather than by size. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans put moderate drinking at up to two drinks a day for men and one for women, and the CDC defines a standard drink as 12 fl oz of regular beer. Two of those is 310 calories a day, which is a real line item in a 2,000-calorie budget, and it arrives without any of the fullness a 310-calorie meal would give you.
How does Shiner Bock compare?
| Drink | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shiner Bock, regular beer | 43 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 155 kcal |
| Hard seltzer | 24 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 86 kcal |
| Hard cider | 56 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 202 kcal |
| Alcoholic malt beverage | 58 kcal | 12 fl oz (360 g) | 209 kcal |
Our take: at 155 calories, a bottle of Shiner Bock is the middle option on this list and the one that behaves most predictably. Hard seltzer is the only drink here that is lighter, at 86 calories, and it wins by a wide margin — if the evening is going to run to four drinks, that swap is 276 calories saved. Cider and flavored malt drinks are both heavier than beer, at 202 and 209 — the cider because it keeps the sugar beer ferments away, the malt drink because it carries more alcohol. For weight control, seltzer; for satisfaction per glass, the beer, and the discipline is in the count rather than the choice.
Shiner Bock FAQs
How many calories are in a bottle of Shiner Bock?
One 12 fl oz bottle is 155 calories, from the USDA figure of 43 calories per 100 g for regular beer. A 12 fl oz pour weighs about 360 g, so the math is direct. Nothing in beer is fat and almost nothing is protein: the calories come from alcohol and residual carbohydrate.
How many carbs does Shiner Bock have?
A 12 fl oz bottle carries 12.8 g of carbohydrate, 5% of the FDA Daily Value of 275 g. Per 100 g that is 3.55 g. A pint moves it to about 17 g by our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure. None of that carbohydrate is sugar.
How many calories in a pint of Shiner Bock?
A 16 fl oz pint is 206 calories, 51 more than the 12 fl oz bottle. The glass matters more than the style here: 206 calories sits within three calories of a 12 fl oz pour of a genuinely strong beer, which USDA lists at 209. Order pints and log pints.
Shiner Bock vs light beer: how many calories more?
Regular beer is 155 calories per 12 fl oz and light beer is 104, a gap of 51 calories a bottle. Over six bottles that is 306 calories, roughly two more beers. Low-carb light beer goes lower still, 97 calories, because the brewers ferment the carbohydrate further before packaging.
How many calories in a six-pack of Shiner Bock?
Six bottles come to 930 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 155-calorie bottle rather than a USDA serving. That is 2,160 g of beer and 76.8 g of carbohydrate, 28% of the Daily Value. A six-pack of light beer in the same session would be 624 calories instead.
Does Shiner Bock have sugar?
Zero grams of sugar per 100 g and zero in the bottle, according to the USDA record for regular beer. Fermentation eats the sugar and leaves other carbohydrate behind, which is why the carb line reads 12.8 g while the sugar line reads 0 g. There are no added sugars either.
What is the ABV of Shiner Bock?
At 4.4% ABV, Shiner Bock sits with ordinary lagers rather than the strong beers, so 155 calories per 12 fl oz is the right figure to use. USDA's higher-alcohol beer row, which covers beers at roughly 6% and up, runs 209 calories for the same 12 fl oz pour.
Is Shiner Bock keto-friendly?
12.8 g of carbohydrate a bottle is a large share of a strict keto allowance, so one bottle fits and a second rarely does. Low-carb light beer is the lighter route: 97 calories and about 2.6 g of carbohydrate per 12 fl oz, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure.
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