The Rickhouse Hotel + Distillery

Rick and Still LLC is a Kentucky-based startup created in 2019 for the purchase and renovation of a 22,000+ square foot facility comprising two buildings on North Main St. in Versailles, Kentucky. These buildings will be renovated into a bourbon and horse racing-themed boutique hotel called The Rickhouse Hotel and Still. The hotel will feature 36 individually-styled rooms, with an operating micodistillery and restaurant/bar that will service the Bluegrass Region, 4 which has attracted 2.5 million visitors to the area in the last five years alone. Rick and Still is also finalizing negotiations with an undisclosed hospitality location within walking distance of The Rickhouse to take over their business operations. This will add 10 rooms, a bar, a restaurant, and a 150 capacity event space to the Rick and Still portfolio of guests offerings.

• Property Purchase: $350,000
• Construction / Renovation: $590,000
• Mainvest Compensation: $60,000

Jarrod Williams
Co-Founder
Jarrod Williams founded Porch Light Properties, LLC in December of 2014 while completing a doctoral program at the University of Kentucky. The company focuses on long-term hold opportunities in both multifamily residential as well as commercial properties. The company is a family-owned and operated business with current investments in Fayette, Woodford, and Mercer counties and $2.5MM in asset value in their portfolio.In 2017, Jarrod teamed up with Alex Riddle to form the Amsden LLC to purchase and revitalize the old Amsden Bank building in downtown Versailles. The building was the original site of the Watkin’s Tavern in 1886 and has operated as numerous businesses since then including several banks. In recent years, the building had fallen into disrepair and was currently being used, in part, by the city police department. The Amsden group purchased the building and removed decades of temporary construction to restore its original beauty. It is currently home to 6 new small businesses that are owned and operated by residents of Woodford county, employing many local citizens. In 2019, Jarrod and Alex formed Rick and Still LLC to undertake their third project in downtown Versailles. Rick and Still LLC will establish The Rickhouse Hotel, a 36,000 square foot boutique hotel complete with an operating bourbon distillery and premiere restaurant that will welcome travelers to the best in hospitality that the Bluegrass has to offer.

Emily Lynn
Project Manager
With a passion for hospitality that started in Lexington, KY, Emily Lynn brings over 25 years of hospitality experience to every project she undertakes.  Emily has held senior level positions at leading and highly respected hotel organizations, overseeing branded hotels, independent lifestyle and luxury properties with asset valuation in excess of $1 billion.Emily is a results-oriented executive specializing in optimizing hotel management, asset management, portfolio development and market-differentiating branding and positioning. She has built highly effective teams with experience in client relationship management, profit management, and strategic planning.

Alex Riddle
Chief Connector & Facilitator
Alex Riddle is a son of the horse industry and grew up in Woodford County, Kentucky (the century of thoroughbred breeding). Growing up as the progeny of an equine veterinarian specializing in Thoroughbred breeding in the “Horse Capital of the World” he was inundated with the industry from a young age. Bourbon and horses go hand in hand and in his first job he was able to work on both as a member of the Alltech World Equestrian Games where he was responsible for marketing Horse Country and Bourbon to visitors from all over the world. After years traveling nationally and internationally working in business development for a local pharmaceutical company, he currently works as a Equine Sales Manager for Dechra Veterinary Products selling equine pharmaceuticals and devices to veterinarians and vet clinics across the southeast.Moving back to Versailles in 2016 and fully renovating a historic home on Main Street in the Downtown Business District with his wife Emily, the two of them began to see great opportunity in a downtown that had, for the most part, fallen into stagnation with a couple of lively businesses but many storefront vacancies and no real cultural center. Since that point, he has put together different partnerships with old friends and investors to purchase, fully renovate and lease/operate several commercial buildings around downtown Versailles, KY. In addition to The Amsden Group, LLC with Jarrod Williams, Alex is a co-founder of Kite Riddle Holdings, LLC with childhood friend Jordan Kite. Kite Riddle Holdings was founded to purchase, renovate, and operate the historic Versailles Methodist Church on the same block as The Amsden and The Rickhouse Hotel. This project now boasts a premier wedding venue, restaurant & taproom, and 8 other locally-owned small businesses creating a vibrant downtown scene with regular block parties and a constant stream of visitors. 

Emily Riddle
Designer & Creative Director
Emily Riddle is a self-started entrepreneur in Central Kentucky. By trade she is an interior decorator with a long history and client list of influential equestrian clients and hospitality businesses. She specializes in design and decorating, both commercial and residential, with projects all across the state of Kentucky. Emily is passionate about small business marketing, particularly relating to social media, websites, and email marketing.  She built all her businesses from the ground up using the power of social media every step of the way and now has a combined following of over 30,000.  Her interest and passion for marketing has since led her to offering small business services including social media management, influencer marketing, event planning and coordination, email marketing, website design, and more.Emily used her knowledge of building and marketing businesses to open and continue to operate the Amsden Coffee Club and Gathered Mercantile in downtown Versailles. Those businesses anchored the revitalization happening in downtown Versailles and her marketing reach across KY has helped move Versailles to a primary tourism destination outside of Lexington. Because of her reach and marketing efforts, over 70% of their Versailles business is from outside of Woodford County.Emily's blog, Gathered Living (gatheredky.com) shares a mix of recipes, home decor, entertaining ideas, design projects, and the latest happenings at The Amsden.

If you invest $1,000, the business agrees to share a portion of their revenue until you have been repaid$1,800. They will owe you this amount by 7/1/2026, regardless of revenue.