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Hardisty Brewing Company

Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada

ClosedOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2023
Closed
Year unknown
Archive ID
TB-0KS6VJCR
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From the record

Summary

Opened Dec 2023; later official/social announcement states the brewery would close.

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

Ownership & corporate history

  1. Owned by Laura Barbour & Charlène 'Char' RobichaudDate unknown

    Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.

    What the sources say

    Co-owner relationship is documented in provincial/local sources; final operating day is now dated.

Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.

Where it brewed

  1. 958 Cole Harbour Road, Unit 4, Cole Harbour, NS B2V 1E6

    PRODUCTION / TAPROOM / RESTAURANT

    Operated by Hardisty Brewing Company

Events

  1. Legacy research records closure in late 2025; exact last production/taproom date still requires primary closure evidence.2025-11

    Closure

  2. Hardisty's closure announcement identifies Saturday, November 8, 2025 as the final day of operation.2025-11-08

    Closure

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The People

Behind the beer

Laura Barbour
CO-OWNER

Nova Scotia Legislature/The Coast identify Laura Barbour as co-owner with Charlène Robichaud; final operating day 2025-11-08.

Charlène 'Char' Robichaud
CO-OWNER / BREWER

Founder/brewer from the original home nanobrewery; co-owner of the Cole Harbour taproom with Laura Barbour.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Hardisty Brewing Company

Is Hardisty Brewing Company still open?
No. Hardisty Brewing Company has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Opened Dec 2023; later official/social announcement states the brewery would close.
When was Hardisty Brewing Company founded?
Hardisty Brewing Company was founded in 2023 in Cole Harbour, Canada.
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