ELI5- sugar in beer

Question

Let’s talk about 🍺. What I call a good wheat beer is 210 calories for a 12 oz can or bottle. I know it has sugar of some kind.

I got one out of the frig and it was mostly frozen. What dribbled out of the can is very shiny and sticky all over the driveway and garage floor.

Can a chemist explain how that sugar taste different in beer.. than say a soda (because nearly all soda would have less than 210 calories.)

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Answer 1

Calories ≠ sugar
While all calories are broken down into glucose in one form or another, not all calories come from sugar

For example Erdinger wheat beer has 220 calories
0 grams fat
13 grams carbohydrates
2 grams protein
0 grams sugar

Carbohydrates provide roughly 4 calories per gram
And protein provides roughly 9 calories per gram
Alcohol provides 7 calories per gram