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Halfway House Brewery

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Closed · 1875Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
1861
Closed
1875
Archive ID
TB-D2FTTR1T
Last checked
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From the record

Summary

SFU timeline dates this Victoria brewery 1861-1875.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

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.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 1861
    Opens

    Third brewery recorded in Victoria.

  2. 1875
    Closed

    Fourteen years; nothing further is documented in this archive.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. 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

    CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    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 reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Halfway House Brewery

Is Halfway House Brewery still open?
No. Halfway House Brewery has closed (1875). SFU timeline dates this Victoria brewery 1861-1875.
When was Halfway House Brewery founded?
Halfway House Brewery was founded in 1861 in Victoria, Canada.
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