wheat beer - Erdinger Weibbier

Drink name          Drink makers             Drink type                 Drink strength
Weibbier              Erdinger                     Wheat beer


I like wheat beers in the main and on opening this one I thought I was in for a treat. Alas not!

The taste of this beer is as good and imaginative as its bottle label.
I found it bland in taste. As if someone had watered it down.
Wheat beers should be nice and strong and this one isn't... Unlessssss, It's a wheat larger and then as a larger it's alright :-D

Still, I'd avoid this one.

tasty rating
Good as a drink 3/10 Good as a beer 2/10
Can't put down factor 01/10
Good at getting you drunk 4/10
Bottle art 2/10
Rated = 22ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.

Ice cream - Helmsley

I've found a great place to get ice cream in Helmsley.
It's called Ryebrun tea rooms (at least I think that's what it's called) .
They have a fantastic collection of homemade flavours.
When I was in they had a few sorbets and more ice cream flavours than I can remember from vanilla and  chocolate fudge to whisky and even a bubble gum one. Plus several different choices of cones.

The place is on the same road as the car park entrance so please go in and have a taste :-p

Pale ale Bure gold - Woodfordes

      Drink name               Drink makers                       Drink type                 Drink strength
      Bure Gold                 Woodforde's                         Ale                             4.3%

If I could give this ale a higher rating I would. The first time I tried this was in Great Yarmouth and I was instantly impressed.
It's a pale aromatic beer, which is a taste I like but only when the balance is just so. Often people get the mix wrong, in my opinion, and you end up with something that just isn't right (or maybe it's just because I'm more of a stout lover usually.... mmmm  malty).
It has a slight cloudiness to it due to the old fashioned way it is made apparently and I gotta say the taste is one I have liked so much, I went to their brewery on the way home. Well, I was in the Norfolk area anyway.
It's got hops from Washington in the USA but the malts used are home grown in Norfolk.








tasty rating
Good as a drink 10/10 Good as a beer 10/10
Can't put down factor 10/10
Good at getting you drunk 4/10
Label Art 8/10
Rated = 84ish out of 100% because I can't count and I don't understand percentages.
 Ah heck, as far as I really care it's as good as 100%! I just can't rate it like that.

Alcoholic lemonade and ginaer beer - Hooper's

I had to try these after trying the Dandelion & Burdock that Hooper's do but I have to say that although they are nice, they are nothing special.

They have an after taste a little like vodka. Now by that I mean that they have an alcohol taste to them no well masked by their actual taste, they don't actually taste of vodka.

On the hole they are nice drinks but not as good as the D&B they do.

Pork chops

This is a quick recipe.

Chop tomatoes in half
Dice Onion
Finely chop apples
Olive oil
Cook chop in grill approx 9 Min's on each side (18 min in all) or in George Forman grill for approx 9 Min's. keep checking meat. When there is a couple of minuets to go add the chopped tomatoes to grill.

While meat is cooking, add the onion into a pan with a bit of oil and cook until beginning to look soft. Add the apple can cook for a further few minuets. Is the onion browning? Add a splash of water and a tablespoon of sugar.

Add to plate with salt and pepper to taste.

wheat beer - Franziskaner

  Drink name          Drink makers             Drink type                 Drink strength
Franziskaner?         Naturtrub?                 wheat beer                 5%


Ok. So I'm not sure on the name... or the makers of this beer BUT I am sure that the monk on the bottle's label is enjoying the beer he has to an obscene extent.... and perhaps peeing and farting at the same time. It's hard to tell.

This beer has a nice looking bottle, a nice faint smell on opening, a pleasant amount of sediment and a good strong flavour with just the right amount of carbonisation ( which I'm guessing led to the monk on the bottle farting ).

The taste is just right. The brewers haven't held back on flavour and .... AARGH! I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THE FARTING MONK!!

Lemon Larger

Drink name  /   Drink makers                                   Drink type             Drink strength
Bavaria       Holland       Radler                                Larger/beer                  2%


Theres a lot to be said for fruit added to beers etc but in this case all that is to be said, in my opinion, is pleasently bland.

Radler, which I think is its name but I could be rong, is a bit lemony with a slight taste of larger as an aftertaste.
Its not a milloin miles away from the taste of lemon icetea.

Then again I picked some cans up for 55p so for that price I'd say they're quite good!

Refreshing.





tasty rating
Good as a drink 10/10 Good as a beer 2/10
Can't put down factor 8/10
Good at getting you drunk 2/10
Bottle art 1/10
Rated = 46ish out of 100%... just because