Pursuit Distilling CO

Pursuit Distilling CO at a Glance

Pursuit Distilling CO has 5 distinct products with 15 total TTB label approvals, including Vodka - Orange Flavored, Vodka - Other Flavored, Vodka 80-89 Proof. Labels approved between 2020-10-02 and 2026-07-09. Label origins on file: Washington.

At a Glance data sourced from public TTB records.

Pursuit Distilling Co.: A Timber Family's Next Venture Turns to Spirits

Pursuit Distilling Co. opened its doors in Enumclaw, Washington in 2018, kicking things off with vodka and the Suspect flavored whiskey line, the Courier-Herald reported. Sam Agnew had left his fifth-generation Pacific Northwest family business at the end of 2014 to build something himself, he wrote in a 2020 Tugboat Institute essay.

Who started Pursuit Distilling Co.

Agnew grew up working in that family business, spending summers on its timberlands and at its beer and wine distributorship, by his own account. Tyler Teeple, Agnew's brother-in-law, is a Pacific Lutheran University graduate, and Agnew lives in Kansas, the Courier-Herald reported in 2022. The distillery's website describes Agnew as a founder and executive officer who oversees strategy and vision, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and a University of Kansas graduate. Cory Johnson is chief operations officer, recently promoted from general manager, the same site says.

How Pursuit Distilling Co. makes its vodka

Superior vodka features red wheat grown in Walla Walla, Washington, the distillery's website says. It is distilled and filtered no less than eight times in a continuous column still and is a lighter-bodied vodka designed for cocktails, the vodka page adds. Visitors can glimpse that stainless steel and copper still, described as one of a kind in the Northwest, through a window at the back of the tasting room, Visit Rainier's listing says. Superior Vodka took a silver medal at $19 in Sip Magazine's 2021 Best of the Northwest Spirits, where the Cold Brew Coffee Whiskey won platinum and Suspect Pineapple Jalapeño tied for silver.

The whiskeys beside the vodka

The company also makes American single malt whiskeys and private label spirits as grain-to-glass products using local Pacific Northwest resources, its website says. It was recognized as Washington State 2024 Flavored Whiskey Distillery of the Year by the NY International Spirits Competition, and Suspect comes in pineapple jalapeño, spiced apple, and strawberry mint. Crux Fermentation Project of Bend, Oregon announced a February 18, 2022 launch for its first distilled spirit, a straight bourbon made with the Enumclaw distillery, New School Beer + Cider reported. Pursuit Distilling Co. distilled a wash designed by Crux master brewer Larry Sidor and aged it over two years in charred new American oak, the report said.

Where Pursuit Distilling Co. pours and sells

A new two-story tasting room on Railroad Avenue in Enumclaw officially opened on March 24, 2022 after around a year of work, the Courier-Herald reported. The original, much smaller tasting room at the distillery a few blocks north on Cole Street was to remain in use for distilling, private events, and the private barrel club.

A housemade gin was due within weeks, and a few spirits were heading into Washington Safeways and QFCs that April, Teeple told the Courier-Herald. Next steps might include distribution to Kansas and perhaps a tasting room there, he added. Every approval is listed in the TTB label records for Pursuit Distilling Co. on this page.

Sources

• Courier-Herald. “Pursuit Distilling opens downtown tasting room.” 8 April 2022. https://www.courierherald.com/business/pursuit-distilling-opens-downtown-tasting-room/
• Tugboat Institute, essay by Sam Agnew. “Distilling the Lessons of a 100-Year-Old Family Business into a New Pursuit.” 25 February 2020. https://www.tugboatinstitute.com/distilling-the-lessons-of-a-100-year-family-business-into-a-new-pursuit/
• Pursuit Distilling Co. (pursuitdistilling.com). “OUR STORY.” Undated. https://www.pursuitdistilling.com/about
• Pursuit Distilling Co. (pursuitdistilling.com). “Pursuit Distilling Co.” Undated. https://www.pursuitdistilling.com/
• Pursuit Distilling Co. (pursuitdistilling.com). “VODKA.” Undated. https://www.pursuitdistilling.com/vodka
• Visit Rainier. “Pursuit Distilling Company - Visit Rainier.” Undated. https://visitrainier.com/pursuit-distilling-company/
• Sip Magazine. “2021 Best of the Northwest Spirits.” 2021. https://sipmagazine.com/2021-best-of-the-northwest-spirits/
• New School Beer + Cider. “Crux Fermentation Project releases Straight Bourbon Whiskey with Pursuit Distilling Co.” February 2022. https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2022/2/crux-fermentation-project-releases-straight-bourbon-whiskey-with-pursuit-distilling-co
• TTB Public COLA Registry via BUY.VODKA data snapshot (src/data/labels.json, local build 26 October 2026). “Pursuit Distilling Co.” label approvals. Local read-only query, 26 October 2026.

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