Tally's Beer UniverseThe Brewery Archive
← All breweries
Ownership unknownMicrobrewery

Fortune Favours

Wellington, New Zealand · Est. 2017

01

From the record

What we have established

Type: Regional venue evidence documents onsite brewing at 7 Leeds Street; 1News records permanent closure on 31 August 2025 after eight years. Wellington Beverage Co Limited traded as Fortune Favours. Liquidation is preserved as a later corporate event, not substituted for the physical closure date. Address: 7 Leeds Street, Te Aro, Wellington 6011.

03

The People

Behind the beer

Shannon Thorpe
Founder / owner

Owner at closure; brewery permanently closed 31 August 2025.

Dale Cooper
Head brewer

Head brewer identified in closure reporting.

Collect what you discover

Drinking Fortune Favours? Stamp it in your passport.

Discover it here — collect it in the Passport. Track every beer, earn stamps, and build your own beer passport.

Open the Passport →
Is this your brewery?

Every brewery deserves its full story told.

If you're the owner or team behind Fortune Favours, we'll build out your complete profile — history, the people, every beer — and feature you in a Tally's documentary. No cost, just your story.