Mercurio's Menu

[Katherine]

I heard me makes whacky things like Peach Lager as well

Reminds me of the Man-go-bier I had at Clancy's Fish Pub on Easter Sunday, its made by Matso's Brewery in Broome. I don't know what made me do it. I must say the Mango flavour is extraordinary, The beer is undrinkable! Has anybody else tried it?

 

[Mercs Own]

Thanks Keith for putting this thread up - I meant to but I have been busy filming the show and also going over to NZ once a week to judge Dancing with the Stars over there.

I have tried to get more breweries on the show but the producers reackon that once you have seen one you have seen them all!!! I am working on it! If I cant show the brewery then I am having a go at cooking with the beer or at least drinking it. I recently shot an episode in the Yarra Valley where I cooked three beer dishes - a rabbit rillettes with Hargraves Pale Ale, American style ribs with Cold Stream Pils (very nice drop too) and Beer scrambled eggs with smoked trout with Little Creatures Pale (that was at Phil Sextons winery Giant Steps, what an amazing set up that is and yes the old little creatures brewery is going to be set up next door in the next year with Dig's brewing cant wait for that one!)

As for my weird brewing - it was a Peach Ale not lager and the vegemite stout really did go with toast in the morning but hold the butter.

Hope you like the show and give it some support as I like to work! It isnt so much a cooking show I look at it more as Food Tourism, we get to meet the people that produce the stuff ie Keith the beer guy et al and then get to see what you can do with the product - yep it's people, places and produce.

Lastly I am happy to say for a little show we have been winning our time slot in Perth, Melb and Sydney which bodes well for further shows (employment). I am unsure at what time it is showing free to air in Brisbane i did hear it was on at 2.45 pm on Friday which is an absolute joke!

We can only hope.

Cheers

 

[bonj]

You're right there Merc, 2.30pm on a Friday on 7, and 4.30pm on a Sunday on 7HD in Brisbane. The Friday episodes are a couple of episodes behind the HD... And I missed the North Tasmania one yesterday on HD because one of the stupid websites where I get my guide data, stuffed up the daylight savings and threw the data out by an hour.... and we don't even have daylight savings in Qld...

 

[browndog]

Hey Merc,
What is the odds of Ch 7 in Brisbane putting the show on their regular broadcast rather than HD only? It sucks when you know there is a good show out there and have no access to it.

cheers

Browndog

 

[bonj]

Or you can talk to a friend who may have possibly recorded said HD broadcasts h34r:

 

[Whistlingjack]

I caught the show for the first time yesterday. Byron Bay, I think. I didn't see any references to beer at all... <_<

Still, a nice production and very lively. Well done, Paul!

WJ

Ps Good luck with getting some more beer into the show. I'm looking forward to that.

Pps I now have one of those ratings boxes on each of the three teevs here. How much is it worth to have them all tuned to your show?... B)

Edit: Spelling

 

[Mercs Own]

Hey Merc,
What is the odds of Ch 7 in Brisbane putting the show on their regular broadcast rather than HD only? It sucks when you know there is a good show out there and have no access to it.

cheers

Browndog

I am hoping that they will do that sometime later in the year!

3 ratings boxes!!! I knew there was a problem with the system! A good friend of mine had a ratings box for a year - never watched any of my shows and in fact he was one of those blokes and families that didnt really watch much TV! Mmmmm am thinking about what bribe I can send....lets see how the rating go (up) and then I can work out a ah :icon_cheers: reward?

Cant get the beer in every show but have just come back from North East Victoria and used Bridge Road Saison in my Chicken and Olive dish and Bright Brewery's Dubbell in my Steak Tartare!

Townsville in two weeks any one know what their beer is like at the Townsville Brewery?

 

[NickB]

Caught this on Friday during my late lunch break. Nice work Merc!

 

[spog]

merc hav'nt seen your show on the local tv here for a while as they chop and change so often nobody know's what is on the box.
you went to the bridge road brewery, i passed through there xmas time and it has to be my favourite micro.
the bright brewery is a good one as well.we do a lot of road trips and i cram as many breweries into the trips as possible.
the missus and kids just roll their eyes and groan again.but they dont complain in beechworth as they get to hit the bakery and lollie shop while i go to the brewery.....cheers...spog...

 

[Hutch]

Cant get the beer in every show but have just come back from North East Victoria and used Bridge Road Saison in my Chicken and Olive dish and Bright Brewery's Dubbell in my Steak Tartare!

Look forward to that episode! The Saison is a magnificent drop, and Ben makes some other cracking beers too. Hope the brewery gets some air-time too (nice beer-porn on display in the bar area).

Cheers Merc.

 

[wabster]

Yeah it is a great series and am enjoying it! I know Merc tries to get the beer into the shows as subtly as possible, as he has stated earlier it is a show about food as the main event

But what was the beer Merc and the mussel fisherfolk were drinking when they had Merc's garlic butter BBQed mussels in the episode on the Bellarine Peninsula aired here last weekend? It didn't get a mention so maybe it was a dreaded megabrew hahaha.

My son in law is the training manager/chef at 15 Restaurant in Melbourne and I reckon that Merc's earlier series on Victorian produce, and maybe Tassie series as well, should be compulsory viewing for all the trainees there. Understanding sourcing of these things can be a great advantage for a chef I believe, Cheerz Wab

 

[berapnopod]

Townsville in two weeks any one know what their beer is like at the Townsville Brewery?

They usually make very well made beers as they appear to have their technique down pat. However, I find their recipes bland and unadventurous. ie. most of whats on offer would not be too much of a headspin for your average XXXX drinker. But the Irish red and the stout stand out as great, tasty beers.

Berp.

 

[browndog]

I am hoping that they will do that sometime later in the year!

3 ratings boxes!!! I knew there was a problem with the system! A good friend of mine had a ratings box for a year - never watched any of my shows and in fact he was one of those blokes and families that didnt really watch much TV! Mmmmm am thinking about what bribe I can send....lets see how the rating go (up) and then I can work out a ah :icon_cheers: reward?

Cant get the beer in every show but have just come back from North East Victoria and used Bridge Road Saison in my Chicken and Olive dish and Bright Brewery's Dubbell in my Steak Tartare!

Townsville in two weeks any one know what their beer is like at the Townsville Brewery?

Just discovered Mercurio's Menu on chanel 7 in Brisbane every day this week at 2pm!

cheers

Browndog

 

[microbe]

Thanks for spotting that browndog, I saw I missed it yesterday, but now I'll make an effort to view tape the rest of the weeks worth.

Cheers,

microbe

 

[Mercs Own]

Yeah it is a great series and am enjoying it! I know Merc tries to get the beer into the shows as subtly as possible, as he has stated earlier it is a show about food as the main event

But what was the beer Merc and the mussel fisherfolk were drinking when they had Merc's garlic butter BBQed mussels in the episode on the Bellarine Peninsula aired here last weekend? It didn't get a mention so maybe it was a dreaded megabrew hahaha.

My son in law is the training manager/chef at 15 Restaurant in Melbourne and I reckon that Merc's earlier series on Victorian produce, and maybe Tassie series as well, should be compulsory viewing for all the trainees there. Understanding sourcing of these things can be a great advantage for a chef I believe, Cheerz Wab

The beer was from Ballerine Brewing Company - the brewer Steven Nelson. I am sure that I mentioned that during the filming but it was probably edited out in the ever running journey of cutting a 2 hour shoot down to a 2 minute story.

Thanks for the bad news Bowndog!! How is it the show can win the ratings in Sydney at 5.30 on a Sunday and QLD puts it on at 2 pm for the whole week!

Sadly Hutch no air time for airtime for Beechworth brewers other than getting their product on the show. Hopefully they will show me pouring the beer into the stock so that the brewery gets the plug I was trying to give it but in the journey of cutting stories down you never know until the show goes to air.

 

[Lukes]

Saw a bit of the show on Sunday arvo with the backwards surfing dog.

Classic.

 

[Mercs Own]

Saw a bit of the show on Sunday arvo with the backwards surfing dog.

Classic.

Yes the surfing dog....show off!

Completely off topic but if you can, check out my post in the off topic forum - trying to raise some funds and awareness for cancer research - excuse me for doing it here but it is a worthy cause.

 

[geoff_tewierik]

Just discovered Mercurio's Menu on chanel 7 in Brisbane every day this week at 2pm!

Cheers for that Brownie, Byron Bay is on today

Gotta love the digital TV tuner in my new laptop, watch Merc do his thing and cruise the web at the same time

 

[domonsura]

Watched the Tassie episode recently, was very impressed. Good to see someone pushing the great beers (and other produce) that are available. LOVED that chocolate segment.........the wife was mesmerised by it too ......:lol:
The missus is now under strict instructions to record any future episodes for me to watch when I manage to get home. Well done Paul, hope you get to make many more episodes

 

[Screwtop]

Byron Bay today Bris Digital 7 @ 2pm. No Beer :angry: