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1-16-24 Welcome to 2024! GotMead Live is back with Carlos Herrera, owner of the soon-to-be Texas Longhouse Meadery in Wylie, TX, just north of Dallas.
Carlos has done a lot in his life so far. He spent 8 years in the army as an airborne infantryman. He was medically discharged in 2011 due to combat injuries and became a Paramedic in 2013. In 2015 decided he wasn’t ready for civilian life and went back overseas as a high threat diplomatic security contractor team medic. He then spent 2 years at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan and a year in Northern Iraq with the US Consulate before injuring his back again. He’s had 3 spinal surgeries since then. Thank you for your service, Carlos!
Carlos has been solo brewing mead since 2016. He was helping an older gentleman before that who used to make it for his Norse Heathen kindred group’s ceremonial purposes. They used to make it what he would call the ‘old ways’ (open ferment in a bucket or old wood barrel, with no nutrients, and would add the kitchen sink if they could). Carlos thought there was a better way to do it so he started off on his own and learned a lot long the way thanks to people like Carvin Wilson, Tom Repas, Ken Schramm, and others. He decided to go commercial after winning multiple awards and being pushed by his homebrew club and friends to take the leap. Carlos loves bochets, pyments, and barrel projects.
Carlos is in the process of building his meadery and is going to be talking with us about his journey in licensing and building a meadery, and also about his meads.
Join us to see how he’s doing!
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Upcoming Shows
Show links and notes
- Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff
- The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff
- Let There Be Session Meads by Rob Ratliff
Upcoming Events
- Valkyries Horn Mead Competition Home and Commercial Entries are open until Feb 2! Enter your Meads! Commercial https://commercial.valkyrieshorn.com/ and home https://comp.valkyrieshorn.com/
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https://emmconference.comThe European Mead Makers Conference is coming up, and registration is open until Feb 18. The Mead Madness Cup is taking entry registrations until Jan 31. Registration for MMC https://meadmadnesscup.com/ Registration for EMMcon https://emmconference.com/
- Jan 19 – Lilly Belle Meads, Lancaster, NY – Music with Trever Stribing
- Jan 20 – Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO – Music with Lisa Jones
- Jan 20 – Meduseld Meadery, Lancaster, PA – Mid-Winter Mead and Music including Music, Magic, Trivia and Axe Throwing
- Jan 20 – Hickory Tree Farm Apiaries, Kent City, MI – Mead Make and Take Class
- Jan 21 – Old Station Honey and Mead, New Sarepta, Alberta, Canada – Northern Alberta Mead Makers Meet Up
- Jan 21 – Lilly Belle Meads, Lancaster, NY – Brunch at the Meadery
- Jan 23 – J. Bird Wines, Cambridge, MN – January Mead Pairing Dinner
- Jan 25 – Adesanya Mead and Microbrewery, Grandville, MI – Open Mic Comedy Night
- Jan 25 – Bumbling Fools Meadery, Minneapolis, MN – Trivia Night
- Jan 27 – Four Brothers Mead, Festus, MO – Music with Veronica Mary Agnes
- Jan 27 – MeadKrieger Old Norse Mead, Loveland, CO – 1st Anniversary Party
- Jan 27 – Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville, MI – Drink Mead, Learn Things – Tabletop Game Design and Publishing
- Feb 2 – The Green Lady, Chicago, IL – Hey Ciderfriends, Nice to Mead Ya – Mead Happy Hour Hang
- Feb 2 – Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville, MI – Drink Mead, Learn Things – The English Longbow at War!
- Feb 4 – Lilly Belle Meads, Lancaster, NY – Brunch at the Meadery
- Feb 6 – Bee Well Mead and Cider, Bellaire, MI – Antrim Writers Series: Jerry Dennis Book Discussion
- Feb 8 – Breedens Orchard, Mount Juliet, TN – Mead 101, the Joy of Meadmaking
- Feb 8 – Adesanya Mead and Microbrewery, Grandville, MI – Open Mic Comedy Night
- Feb 10 – Starrlight Meadery, Pittsboro, NC – Mead and Chocolate pairing
- Feb 10 – KingView Meadhouse, Harborcreek, PA – Galentine’s Shopping Event
- Feb 16 – Hickory Tree Farm Apiaries, Kent City, MI – Valentines Mead Make and Take Class
You can buy mead online at https://shopmeads.com
If you want to get your event on GotMead Live, let us know at gotmead@Gotmead.com
Vicky Rowe has been active as a promoter and supporter of the mead industry since the mid-90's with Gotmead.com, and is totally serious about seeing the mead industry take its rightful place as a popular craft beverage on the world recreational drinking stage.
She is also an experienced marketing coach and consultant who has recently decided to focus her marketing expertise exclusively on the craft beverage market to help meaderies, cideries, breweries and distilleries expand their business and get more customers while doing what they love.
She is also an experienced marketing coach and consultant who has recently decided to focus her marketing expertise exclusively on the craft beverage market to help meaderies, cideries, breweries and distilleries expand their business and get more customers while doing what they love.
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