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A repeat drink-driver, who felt odd when he was attempting to order his meal at a McDonald's drive-thru, claimed he didn't know the bowls of jelly he ate at a party were soaked in alcohol.

Appearing at Wellington District Court on Thursday, Mathew Vibert told a judge he had eaten two bowls of jelly at a friend's barbecue on the night of September 6, 2014, stuff.co.nz reported.

The 30-year-old New Zealander drove to Johnsonville McDonald's drive-thru for a midnight snack but police intervened after a staff member reported the man had appeared intoxicated.

Mathew Vibert (pictured), who felt odd when he was attempting to order his meal at a McDonald's drive-thru last year, claimed he didn't know the bowls of jelly he ate at a party were soaked in alcohol

He was caught driving more than two times the legal blood alcohol limit after a breath-test returned a positive reading of 988 mcgs

He was caught driving more than two times the legal blood alcohol limit after a breath-test returned a positive reading of 988 mcgs.

The engineer told Judge Arthur Tompkins he had only consumed two 330ml bottles of beer over the course of five hours at the party.

He told a judge he had eaten two bowls of jelly at a friend's barbecue on the night of September 6, 2014

Vibert pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving with an excess breath alcohol limit, on the basis he was not aware of the vodka he had consumed from the jelly.

He was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and banned from getting behind the wheel for one year and one day.

The case comes after he was previously convicted of two drink-driving offences, according to stuff.co.nz.