The Path Lodge debuted in Could because the “world’s first bourbon-infused luxurious resort” and invitations visitors to discover Kentucky’s Bourbon Path from the property’s Bardstown location. Louisville-based Joseph & Joseph Architects reworked the Vacation Inn Bardstown, which opened in 1970 and is listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations, right into a celebration of bourbon’s historical past and tradition.
Amongst The Path Lodge’s 95 guestrooms are eight Signature Suites that showcase completely different points of the legendary spirit. “The house owners needed visitors to really feel immersed within the bourbon expertise in each room,” stated Shelley Malicki, lead inside designer, Joseph & Joseph Architects, “and it was our problem to give you eight completely different bourbon themes for the suites whereas retaining some widespread design components.”
Related to a king bed room, every suite is good for entertaining, with a moist bar, TV, and distinctive welcome facilities. Along with assembly the design problem, the Joseph & Joseph staff added a wood wall to every room’s authentic concrete construction to accommodate plumbing and electrical energy. The 4 suites pictured under exemplify the Signature Suites’ intriguing number of colour palettes, furnishings, and decor.
LIMESTONE SUITE | A palette of deep caramels, charred oak, and gentle metals distinguishes this suite, which showcases limestone water with black-and-white photographs of Kentucky limestone caves set towards a geological map of the state from 1920. The map over the bar desk is a 1784 historic map of the Kentucky waterways. Calcium-rich limestone water is an integral a part of bourbon manufacturing, and visitors of this suite will obtain a bottle of chilly limestone-filtered water as one in every of their welcome facilities.
MASH BILL SUITE | This suite evokes bourbon-making grains akin to wheat, barley, and corn with its colour scheme of brown, tan, and yellow, in addition to the grain-like textures of the wall protecting and ottoman. A graphic particulars the mash payments of a few of Bardstown’s bourbons, and visitors will obtain mash invoice “recipe” playing cards as take-home items. The Mash Invoice Room can be the one ADA-accessible Signature Suite.
PROHIBITION SUITE | Replete with darkish, wealthy tones of burgundy and walnut and accents of bronze and silver, the elegant Prohibition Room options paintings, images, and pictures of stories clips that inform the story of the interval. “The classic wall protecting, velvet sofa, gilded mirror, and different components evoke a speakeasy of the Nineteen Twenties,” Malicki defined.
DISTILLER’s DEN SUITE | That includes deep colours, wooden panels, and caramel tones, this suite focuses on the origins of bourbon and options images of key figures in its historical past, akin to pioneering distillers Elijah Craig and John E. Fitzgerald; George Garvin Brown, founding father of Previous Forester (the primary bottled bourbon); Margie Samuels, designer of Maker’s Mark; and Marianne Barnes, Kentucky Bourbon’s first feminine grasp distiller. “We needed to create an ambiance the place visitors can comfortably lie again and picture themselves listening to tales from these bourbon business trailblazers,” stated Malicki.
