About Us

Justins’ House of Bourbon opened our flagship store in Lexington, Kentucky in 2018 and is home to the largest collection of rare and vintage bourbon for sale in the entire world. Our Louisville store followed soon after in 2019, expanding our collection across the state. Not only do we stock bottles of all your favorite bourbons from today and yesterday, but our tasting bar is stocked with barrel picks, limited release pours, and bottles from every decade since 1950. We pride ourselves on showcasing the story of bourbon from pre-Prohibition to today, and are honored to help tell that story to guests from all over the world.

Meet the Justins

Our co-founders, Justin Sloan and Justin Thompson, met through their shared passion for collecting rare bourbon. The friends traveled the country, working together for years to curate our exceptional collection.

Sloan began as a collector of rare bourbon, amassing bottles and knowledge for almost a decade before he opened House of Bourbon. A born and raised Kentuckian, Sloan worked in I.T. before quitting to take his bourbon hobby to the next level. After joining The Bourbon Review magazine as a publisher, Sloan helped lobby for vintage spirit laws in the state of Kentucky, allowing for the sale and sampling of dusty bourbon.

Thompson has been a bourbon lover his whole adult life, and co-founded The Bourbon Review magazine in 2009. Thompson saw the potential for Kentucky’s bourbon tourism to rival Napa Valley’s, and used the magazine to highlight the distilleries, restaurants, and bourbons that drew tourists here to the Bluegrass State. He met Justin Sloan through their shared bourbon collecting passion and the two worked together for years to create the largest collection of bourbon for sale in the world here at both House of Bourbon locations.