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Andrew Chostner

Sep 27, 2026

JohnHOST
1:34
Louis Bourbon and Cocktail Festival? Sure.
1:38
I'll try to make it quick.
1:39
It's not that exciting, but James Thomas, who is our co-founder, he originally founded the St. Louis Bourbon Society back in 2016 as an online forum for community news and bourbon-related issues and conversation.
1:56
So I started that in 2016.
1:58
I moved here from Michigan in 2018 and did not know a single soul in St. Louis.
2:04
So Of course, I immediately went online and I joined a bunch of whiskey and bourbon groups trying to meet some people, like-minded.
2:14
And found some groups, not really my cup of tea kind of thing.

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JohnHOST
9:00
How much of this event is going to be bourbon, and how much of it is going to be cocktail? Like, is there a percentage? I know you guys did a cocktail contest last year with, I think even, I think John Rempe was even here, wasn't he?

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