OWNER/CO-FOUNDER, STEVE WATTS STUDIED THE ART OF DISTILLING IN SOUTH TEXAS WHEN HIS FAMILY TEMPORARILY RELOCATED TO THE REGION IN THE MID-2000’S. COMPLETELY EMMERSED AND MESMORIZED BY THE LORE AND THE TECHNIQUES HE LEARNED THERE, IT BECAME HIS GOAL TO BRING THE ART OF AMERICAN STYLE WHISKY BACK TO CANADA.
IN ITS FIRST YEAR, MAINLAND WHISKY WAS GIVEN THE “RESILIENCE IN BUSINESS” AWARD BY THE SURREY BOARD OF TRADE AS WELL AS “NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR” AWARD BY THE SOUTH SURREY/WHITE ROCK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
