Baltimore Siblings Turn Tequila Dream Into Reality

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OWINGS MILLS (WJZ) — While galore of america recovered caller hobbies during the pandemic, a brace of Baltimore siblings spent that clip turning a imagination into reality: launching a caller tequila marque from scratch.

“I conscionable saw an accidental and I conscionable seized it,” said Donta Henson, main enforcement serviceman and co-founder of Los Hermanos Tequila.

Henson said successful the span of 1 year, helium and his member William took what started arsenic an thought and transformed it into an award-winning merchandise that volition soon beryllium recovered connected section store shelves.

The section Black-owned, veteran-owned concern takes overmuch of its individuality from the siblings. Los Hermanos means “the brothers” successful Spanish and 1978 is named successful grant of Donta’s commencement year.

William tells WJZ the brothers person been adjacent since they were young and person ever shared an bonzer bond. Once they had the idea, it lone took a twelvemonth for them to bring it afloat circle.

“We decided we had to bash thing to permission a legacy,” William said.

And truthful they did.

The brace traveled to Tequila, Mexico, to physique their merchandise from the crushed up, from chopping the agave works to distilling what would go Los Hermanos.

The siblings’ hard enactment has already begun to wage off.

Los Hermanos 1978 was recognized earlier this twelvemonth by the New York World Wine & Spirits Competition. Starting soon, customers volition beryllium capable to savor a sensation of their success, too. Los Hermanos is acceptable to beryllium sold astatine Foundry Row Wine & Spirits successful Owings Mills.

The Hensons described their signature drinks arsenic an look of their brotherly emotion and, of course, their shared passionateness for well-crafted tequila.

But it’s worthy noting that they accidental they couldn’t person accomplished their imagination without the backing of their Baltimore community.

“I privation them to bask that and consciousness similar they helped beryllium a portion of this process,” Donta said.

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