Sep 27, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
The St. Louis Bourbon & Cocktail Festival is back October 9th, and this thing is BIG. I sat down with Andrew Chostner, co-founder of the St. Louis Bourbon Society to get the inside scoop on what folks…
Andrew ChostnerGuestJohnHostYeah, and, you know, honestly, even if you're not VIP, it's so beautiful down there, right? And if the weather cooperates with us, which I hope it will, like last year, it's just absolutely a great time just to be outside and be in that historic area of St.
Louis.
I mean, the Lemp Mansion, and you know where I'm headed here, the Lemp Mansion has got all that history.
We'll call it history.
Yeah.
So what I want to know, and I don't know, there may be some paranormal people out there.
The area is active and so active that the Paranormal Society has an office right there.
So as far as, you know, what have I seen or James, none of us have ever experienced anything ourselves.
Oh,
You know, I've heard some volunteers, you know, have some chatter about maybe things they've, you know, maybe have seen or heard, but no, nothing... you know, nothing, nothing scary, nothing like that.
And that's why they call ourselves the spookiest bourbon festival in the country.
But, you know, some every year people ask us, you know, is there any, anything scary at the festival? No, there's nothing scary at all.
The only scary thing is you've only got, you know, you've only got a couple hours to experience it all.
Yeah, and, you know, honestly, even if you're not VIP, it's so beautiful down there, right? And if the weather cooperates with us, which I hope it will, like last year, it's just absolutely a great time just to be outside and be in that historic area of St.
Louis.
I mean, the Lemp Mansion, and you know where I'm headed here, the Lemp Mansion has got all that history.
We'll call it history.
Yeah.
So what I want to know, and I don't know, there may be some paranormal people out there.
The area is active and so active that the Paranormal Society has an office right there.
So as far as, you know, what have I seen or James, none of us have ever experienced anything ourselves.
Oh,
You know, I've heard some volunteers, you know, have some chatter about maybe things they've, you know, maybe have seen or heard, but no, nothing... you know, nothing, nothing scary, nothing like that.
And that's why they call ourselves the spookiest bourbon festival in the country.
But, you know, some every year people ask us, you know, is there any, anything scary at the festival? No, there's nothing scary at all.
The only scary thing is you've only got, you know, you've only got a couple hours to experience it all.
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