Both of us are at the Lemp Grand Hall for the St. Louis Bourbon Festival. VIP lounge in the Lemp Mansion, allocation pulls, and a venue that does most of the work for you. St. Louis Bourbon Society’s annual festival is one of the best regional bourbon weekends on the calendar.

What is the St. Louis Bourbon Festival?

The St. Louis Bourbon Festival is the St. Louis Bourbon Society’s annual fall gathering — VIP lounges in the historic Lemp Mansion and Lemp Grand Hall on Cherokee Street, with the festival sprawling across four city blocks in historic Benton Park in the shadow of the Lemp Brewery. Founded in 2016, the Society sells out the festival around six hundred-plus samples of bourbon, whiskey, rye, and scotch, with a separate scotch-and-cigar patio.

Ticket proceeds benefit Code 3 Response, the first responders charity. The festival is one of the best-organized regional bourbon weekends on the calendar.