Halfway House Brewery
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1861
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Fourteen years, and a name that suggests a roadhouse brewing for its own bar — though the archive holds no evidence of that beyond the name, so it stays a suggestion. SFU's timeline dating it 1861 to 1875 is the only thing recorded about the operation here. That is the entry: a name, two dates and a gap, shown rather than filled.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1861Opens
Third brewery recorded in Victoria.
- 1875Closed
Fourteen years; nothing further is documented in this archive.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.sfu.ca/archives/archives-program/research/bc-beer-history-archive/bc-beer-history-archive-resources/timeline-pre-prohibition.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Lineage dates from SFU's BC Beer History Archive as recorded in BC Pass 57: 1861, 1875.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Halfway House Brewery
- Is Halfway House Brewery still open?
- No. Halfway House Brewery has closed. BC Pass 57. SFU timeline dates this Victoria brewery 1861-1875.
- When was Halfway House Brewery founded?
- Halfway House Brewery was founded in 1861 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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