SpikeWorld Enterprises Inc. began building MannCave Distilling in 2016, and that was a result of the prompting of friends and co-workers that had tried Stephen\’s hobby made whiskey. Since starting Stephen and Wendy have put over 2.5 million dollars into the project consisting of the development of 3 artesian springs, the building, pot still, equipment and interior build out, and many other things to numerous to mention.  Water and gas come from the property onsite. The property has been in the Mann family since the 1960’s and Stephen has always wanted to find a suitable use for the amazing and abundant spring water there, that use is now the cornerstone of some of the best spirits and whiskey available, in and out of WV.

SpikeWorld Enterprises Inc. (doing Business As) MannCave Distilling Inc., started as an IT company but changed due to pressures from friends and co-workers.

On December 15, 2018, SpikeWorld Enterprises Inc. opened the doors of its first Distillery under the name of MannCave Distilling Inc. in Weston, WV. Currently it sells top shelf spirits on location, and in WV stores. MannCave Vodka (80 Proof) and MannCave Moonshine (129 Proof), both of which made from Corn and are very smooth unlike those you would normally find with Vodka and MoonShine. The distillery also makes MannCave Whiskey, which on the first submission to the fourth largest international competion in the world, won a silver medal!  The Distillery is open to the public on Saturdays from 9am to 7pm, offering Tours of the distillation area and explanation of the process, and Free Tastings and Sales of our 5 Star products. Gin by Summer 2020 Updates and information regarding the distillery can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/spikeworld. Make sure you like and share our page! 

Our products are made from Artesian spring water that comes out of the back of currently 2 hand dug coal mines that had been buried since the 1940\’s. The mines were discovered under 9 feet of dirt, uncovered and emptied of water, and plumbing installed to capture the water. The mines were found while attempting to put a spring box in to harness the water. Instead of just a spring box, a concrete structure, 15×30 and 12 feet tall was put up to protect the mines, and to protect the water from freezing and critters, and to capture the water. At the time, no one knew how to harness the water from these mines effectively, but Stephen figured out how to do it.

Tours of the water source are not currently available but may be added in the future. The two current springs produce anywhere from 6 gpm to 160 gpm which is more water than the distillery can use as of now. The overflow/unused water from the spring flows past the distillery into the valley stream. The crystal clear flowing water comes out of the spring at 51 degrees and a PH of 6.8 which is perfect for use in distilling, the minerals in the water (to include fluoride and other minerals that generally need to be added to city water) is perfect for the yeast to flourish in the fermentation process. The water comes out of the mountain, near the top, flows by gravity into our holding and sediment tanks, from there, it flows further down the hill into the valley where the Distillery is located, for the water we use in the distillery, the state of the art water filtration system makes sure the water is perfect for use in the distillery. We are not aware of any other distillery in the world that uses water from a coal mine in their product, and the taste is unmatched.

SpikeWorld Enterprises is a Veteran owned small business with expertise in areas of IT Security, and, in the process of going into the beverage manufacturing industry producing spirits in addition to its expertise in Programming architecture and software development. The company was founded by a software architect and a security architect. Before incorporating SpikeWorld Enterprises built and maintained networks for small to medium companies that did not have staff or expertise to do it themselves, SpikeWorld as a corporation continues to build and maintain small business networks today but not as much.