So I am a beer lover. Craft beer all the way. Not just for the taste, but delightful inebriation that ensues. However dosing for beers based on type, company and quantity can be a difficult game of trial and error.
Entering the ring, Ace Joker hard cider produced by the California Cider Company. 3g of sugar per cider compared to about 20g-30g in my favorite beers. I am trying to stock up on a supply from anywhere that carries it.
Thus speaks a man after my own heart. I was in my 20s when I was dx’d and the harshest blow–this was back in the days of R/NPH and color-matching test strips–was the news that beer, beer itself!!!, was on the no-can-have list. The up-side was that, ok, ok, I can deal with this: I can cultivate a taste for single malt scotch. The downside was… NO BEER!!! Well not very often, but thanks to MDI and later an insulin pump this is no longer such an absolute. But if I’m going to have it, it’s going to be actual, y’know, BEER, and not some “lite” or otherwise ersatz thing (or something with god forbid fruit juice in it). I may not always drink beer, my friends, but when I do, I prefer BEER. 
All of which is to say in far too many words… Does this stuff actually taste good? Is it naturally low-carb as opposed to having some additive? I’d definitely give it a try if so.
Thanks, @DFresh, for letting us know about the cider. I have really been missing my post-lawn mowing beer and the cider sounds like a refreshing substitute!
Its a dry cider but has a bit of sweet to it. I believe it is naturally low carb. Its not beer, but I have not had to bolus for it except maybe .5 units for like 3 of them. 6.9% ABV.
Where do these figures come from? I normally work on a lot less! I would guess that a US “Craft Beer” is likely to be similar to what we Brits would call “Real Ale”. According to this website, the carb content of a typical British Real Ale is around 9.6 g per Imperial Pint (that’s a proper 20 oz pint, none of your short measure puny US 16 oz pints!!).
Joel
The always reliable, infallible and otherwise never to be questioned Wikipedia gives a wide range of carbs for a 12oz glass (and I agree regarding the Imperial Pint, but this is what they give data for), from 1.8g for something called “Budweiser Select 55” that I’m guessing no civilized person would consider to meet the qualifications for “beer” anyway, to a big 30g for Sierra Nevada Bigfoot, which I’ve never tried though I certainly like their pale ale and porter.
I usually figure a bolus for a standard US pint of beer as being the same as for a couple slices of bread and it generally works out ok.
And then there’s Karmeliet Trippel, a lovely Belgian beer with an AMAZING carb load! And no, I haven’t had ANY since my DX last summer.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 Bottle (330ml)
Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 0
Calories 200
Total Carbohydrate 50g 17%
Wiki reference the source of their information A Calorie Comparison of Your Favorite Beers | POPSUGAR Fitness
The variation is interesting and I am suprised that the carb content of Guiness (normally regarded as almost a food) is lower than many lagers (e.g. Corona). I normally bolus for 16g for a pint - less than your 2 slices of bread which I would reckon at around 40g (I assume you don’t habitually drink Belgian Trappist beers).
Perhaps this is a cue for a joke.
A new landlord takes over the pub in the village. After a while the locals start to complain that the quality of the beer seems to be declining alarmingly. The draft bitter is becoming more and more tasteless. Eventually they decide to do something about it. One of them pours off a small sample into a glass jar and sends it away to the Public Health Laboratory for testing.
A week later a letter arrives back. With baited breath, they open it and read the words…
"Dear XXXXX
I regret to have to inform you but your horse has diabetes"
FANFARE!!!