In the title hydrated salt, C8H12N+·Br−·0.5H2O, which is isostructural with its chloride congener, the water O atom lies on a crystallographic twofold axis. In the crystal, the components are linkedviaC—H...Br, O—H...Br, N—H...Br and N—H...O hydrogen bonds to generate (100) sheets. The sheets are linked by two weak C—H...π interactions, generating a three-dimensional network.