4-7-26 Tonight we’re getting back together with Carlos Herrera, owner and Meadmaker at Texas Longhouse Meadery in Wylie, Texas.
Carlos is the owner and mead maker of Texas Longhouse Meadery, where Nordic inspiration and Texas craft meet in the glass. With over two dozen awards and a passion for building community through mead, Carlos is also the President of the Texas Mead Association, working to grow the mead industry and bring more people into the Longhouse.
Carlos, an Army Veteran, a Paramedic, and a Diplomatic Security Specialist, started learning how to make mead from an outgoing mentor. After learning the basics from his mentor, Carlos was injured at work and was sent home to recover. While home recovering from multiple surgeries, he set out to improve his new hobby. After many hours reading, researching, and experimenting Carlos fell in love with mead and really started to hone his craft of mead making. Fast forward several years and Carlos was really making waves in his new endeavors by entering many Mead competitions, winning awards, and giving his fellow competing mead makers quality feedback as a BJCP (Beer Judge Certification Program) Certified Mead Judge.
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Upcoming Shows
- April 21 – Blair Housely – Etowah Meadery
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
- April 9 – Valhalla Meadery, Bozeman, MT – Acoustic Jam
- April 10 – Bløm Mead and Cider, Ann Arbor, MI – Fool Moon Candle Bar
- April 10 – Bumbling Fools Mead, Minneapolis, MN – Karaoke Mead Up
- April 10 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – Paint and Drink: Spring Chickens
- April 10 – Blöm Mead + cider, Ann Arbor, MI – FoolMoon Candle Bar
- April 11 – Mershon’s Artisan Cider, Stoughton, WI – Wisconsin Cider and Mead Festival
- April 11 – Wild Blossom Meadery, Chicago, IL – Wine Run 5k
- Aprl 12 – Clear Skies Meadery, Rockville, MD – Acoustic Jam
- April 12 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Portrait of Ritual – Painting Birds of Prey
- April 12 – Moon Dog Meadery, Durham, NC – Modern Calligraphy for Beginners
- April 14 – Honeytree Meadery, Nashville, TN – Wrights Night and Open Mic
- April 15 – Mead Hall, St. Charles, MO – Acoustic Jam
- April 15 – Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery, Chicago, IL – Optimo Swing – Jazz
- April 16 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Fiber Crafts Evening
- April 17 – Pips Meadery, Gurnee, IL – Magneen live music
- April 18 – MAC Ice House, Berkeley Springs, WV – Uniquely WV Wine and Mead Festival
- April 18 – Starrlight Mead, Pittsboro, NC – Mead-ieval Day
- April 18 – Hex Meadery, Kaukauna, WI – Link and Ink with Sealed with a Spark and Shelby Lynn
- April 18 – Grimsby Hollow Meadery, Middleville, MI – Drink Mead, Learn Things: Europe Under Siege: The Weapons that Won Kingdoms
- April 19 – Crafted Artisan Meadery, Mogadore, OH – Make a Sand Art Terrarium
- April 19 – Meduseld Meadery, Lancaster, PA – Meadery Dance
- April 25 – Moon Dog Meadery, Durham, NC – Modern Calligraphy for Beginners
- April 25 – Manic Meadery, Crown Point, IN – It’s Raining Cats and Dogs – Make. your own round house sign
- April 26 – Oppegaard Meadery, Tukwila, WA – Spring Mead Fest with 8 local meaderies!
- April 26 – DiFrancesco Meadery, Wrightsville, PA – Artist Mead Up
- April 30 – McAlpine Meadery, Beach City, OH – 30 Mile Bike Ride
- May 7 – Dancing Skeleton Meadery, Sapulpa, OK – Trivia Night
- May
- June 6 – The Ferm Meadery, Houston, TX – Fire NR Bones live music
You can buy mead online at https://shopmeads.com
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.
- 4-21-26 – Blair Housley – Etowah Meadery – Dalonega GA - April 21, 2026
- 4-7-26 Carlos Herrera – Texas Longhouse Meadery and the Texas Mead Association - April 7, 2026
- 3-24-26 Melody and Kyle Stout – Space Time Mead and Cider – Dunmore PA - March 24, 2026