A Kentucky bourbon store that's faced legal challenges over the last two years is about to go through more upheaval:  The store buildings are for sale.

 

Both the Lexington and Louisville buildings that house Justin's House of Bourbon, which specializes in vintage spirits, are being sold.

 

But, according to a sign on the property in Lexington, the business is not for sale.  Justin's owners declined to comment for this story.

 

JUSTIN'S HOUSE OF BOURBON CASE

 

The move comes four months after business owners Justin Thompson and Justin Sloan settled a long-running case with Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control that involved three raids and the seizure of hundreds of bottles of Blanton’s, Weller and vintage distilled spirits. In June, they agreed to pay a $25,000 fine and forfeit 120 bottles of bourbon and other whiskeys to Kentucky ABC.

 

As part of the June 12 settlement of the 18-month, high-profile case, Kentucky ABC allowed Justins’ House of Bourbon to receive a new Vintage Distilled Spirits retailer license without admitting fault to any of the nine violations of spirits law that the state had alleged occurred. The state and Justins’ also submitted a joint motion to dismiss a restraining order in place in Franklin Circuit Court that had prevented Justins’ from selling any of the contested bottles. Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate signed the agreed order on June 20, clearing the way for 500-plus bottles to go back on shelves.