Whisky Advocate Exclusive: Kentucky Retailer Justins’ House Of Bourbon Responds After TTB’s Counterfeit Claims Are Dropped

After months of awaiting government clearance in an investigation that involved multiple state and federal agencies, Kentucky-based specialty whiskey retailer Justins’ House of Bourbon has been cleared for commerce in the nation’s capital.

Justins’ is known in Kentucky—where it has stores in both Lexington and Louisville, which remain open—as a destination for rare and allocated bourbons. Outside the Bluegrass State, Justins’ owns a large space in Washington, D.C, where it manages bourbonoutfitter.com, an online retailer of rare whiskeys that can ship spirits nationwide. Justins’ came under fire a few months ago following allegations of selling counterfeit bourbon and improperly transporting and warehousing whiskeys.

Those claims have since been proven false, according to the owners of Justins’, who spoke publicly for the first time about the probe this week. In an exclusive interview with Whisky Advocate, Justin Sloan and Justin Thompson, co-owners of Justins’ House of Bourbon with Philip Greer, say all previous reports about counterfeiting and illegal importing in Washington, D.C. are not true. Here’s the full story.

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