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The legal battle between Fresh Bourbon and Brough Brothers Distillery is over — at least for now — after a federal appeals court ruled that Fresh Bourbon did not make false advertising claims about being Kentucky’s first Black-owned bourbon distillery. Battle Over ‘First Black-Owned’ Title Victory Global LLC, doing business as Louisville-based Brough Brothers Distillery, sued Fresh Bourbon LLC in March 2021, alleging the Lexington company falsely claimed to be Kentucky’s first Black-owned bourbon distillery, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. The case centered on competing timelines. Both companies, founded in the 2010s, initially outsourced distillation before opening their own facilities and launching their own products in 2020, the outlet notes. Brough Brothers, founded in 2013 by brothers Victor, Chris, and Bryson Yarbrough, began selling bourbon in 2020 and filled its first barrel at its own Louisville facility later that year after securing a license, the Louisville...