New year, who dis? Welcome all to the 1st episode of 2024. It just so happens to be a new It Came from the Cellar show. For this episode I drink and dissect a beer that is around 8 years old. Despertado en Manzanilla, a Wild Ale with chamomile brewed by a local San Antonio brewery, Freetail Brewing Company.  Actually, it's a lot more complicated than that. Please listen to the episode to get the full details of this crazy one-off beer from 2015. I pair this amazing beer with an equally amazing song from a local San Antonio band, Haunter. You definitely don't want to miss that! For the Fri ..read more

Hails Beer Metal Warriors! Thanks for tuning into another exciting episode of The Beer Metal Show Podcast. This is episode 53 entitled We Damn the Beer. Named after the song "We Damn the Night" by our featured band HELLOWEEN. This is part 2 of the HELLOWEEN story. I start with their album The Dark Ride, released in 2000, and go all the way to their most current, their self-titled album, released in 2021. We got some real bangers on this one! I also drink and dissect 4 amazing beverages from some of the best breweries in Texas. I drink DTX by Deep Ellum Brewing Company, Coconut Hefen-A by Galve ..read more

Greetings Beer Geeks, Metal Freaks, and Horror Whores and welcome to another episode of IT CAME FROM THE CELLAR, the mini podcast brought to you by Beer Metal Media, Home of The Beer Metal Show Podcast. For today's show, I drank and dissected the flavor profile of a 10-year-old beer. Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout by No-Li Brewhouse from Spokane, WA. I paired this beer with the most perfect Metal Connection song, a song by the Thrash Metal monsters from Ireland, GAMA BOMB. For the Fright Feature Report segment, I watched and give you a good outline and review of the 2007 movie, The Girl Next Doo ..read more

Hello Beer Geeks & Metal Freaks! Did you miss me? Yeah I know, it's been 3 months since my last BMS episode. Sorry about that. But hey, I am back with a jam-packed episode of all the good stuff... Craft Beer 7 Fuckin' Metal! This is episode 52. Please join me while I drink and dissect four amazing beers from a couple of Texas breweries, Fort Brewery and Martin House Brewing Company, both out of Fort Worth, TX. From Fort Brewery, I drank and dissected 1849 Irish Red Ale, Grey Eagle Hefeweizen, and Ocho American IPA. From the infamous Martin House Brewing Company, I had their Tropical Salty ..read more

Finally, I am back with episode #16 of It Came from the Cellar. I drank and dissected Madrugada Obscura (01/15/14), a Belgian inspired Sour Stout by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales out of Dexter, MI. For the Metal Connection, I paired this beer with an excellent Black Metal song by the band AVERSE SEFIRA from Austin, TX. I watched and reviewed the movie Till Death (2021) for the Fright Feature Report segment. This 30-minute-long episode is jam packed with some killer shit. I hope you enjoy it.  Host: Aaron “The BeerMetalDude” Mendiola Homepage | Facebook | Instagram  ..read more

Welcome to episode 51 of The Beer Metal Show Podcast. Please join me while I drink and dissect four amazing beers from a couple of my favorite Texas breweries, 8th Wonder Brewery out of Houston and Kunstler Brewing from right here in San Antonio. I had two variants of 8th Wonder's Haterade Gose, the Watermelon and the Wild Berry. From Kunstler I had the Auster Bier, a delicious Oyster Stout and I closed the show with their Triple IPA called Texas Chainsaw. I paired each of these beers with a Metal Connection song. As a little treat for you all, I take you through the career of one of Sweden's ..read more

Please enjoy episode #15 of It Came from the Cellar. I drank and dissected Mocha Noir (11.16.20) by Prairie Artisan Ales out of Oklahoma City, OK. For the Metal Connection, I paired this beer with an excellent Black Metal song by the band UNLORD from The Netherlands. I watched and reviewed the movie Pet (2016) for the Fright Feature Report segment. This 28-minute-long episode is jam packed with some killer shit. I hope you enjoy it. Oh yeah, I forgot to describe the beer label, which sucks because it's such a bad ass label. Oh well, you can see the beer on my Beer Metal Photography Instagram p ..read more

Hell yeah! I finally made it to episode 50! it only took me 5 years to get here. hahaha! I am very proud of this one. I went through the career of one of the founding fathers of Death Metal, Mr. Chuck Schuldiner and his bands DEATH and CONTROL DENIED. What a major influence DEATH had on Extreme Metal. I titled this episode "Scream Bloody Beer" which is a play on words to the song Scream Bloody Gore by DEATH. I played my favorite tracks from each of their full-length albums. You are in for a musical treat!  I also drank and dissected 4 amazing beers, all from the same brewery, Cowtown Brew ..read more

Welcome to episode 14 of my mini episodes, which I call “It Came from the Cellar.” On these mini episodes, I will be reviewing a beer which I have held in my cellar for years. These episodes will be small with just one beer, one Metal Connection song and a Horror Movie review with the segment, Fright Feature Report. On this episode I reviewed RU-55 (Blend #7 03.16.17), a 7% Flanders Red Sour Ale fermented in neutral oak barrels for 8 to 14 months with their mixed culture prior to blending. They also brew this beer with three different base malts (Pilsner, Two Row, Munich) and four different ca ..read more

Welcome to the first episode of 2023 of The Beer Metal Show Podcast. After much delay, I welcome you to episode #49. This one is titled “Confessions of a Serial Drinker” This is a play on words to the song Confessions of a Serial Killer by our featured band for this this episode, GOREFEST. I will take you through their entire career and play my favorite tracks from each of their full-length albums. This one was tough, as I am not a fan of every album they put out in their career, but the show must go on, so we all have to sit through a few pretty rough tracks today. I also drink and dissect 4 ..read more