17/12/2025
Big, big news!
Today marks a new chapter for Moor Beer.
Justin Hawke has now been fully removed as a shareholder and director of the company.
He no longer has any involvement with Moor Beer and has not gained financially from his departure.
Over recent weeks, a small group of local people who care deeply about our team, our beers, and Moor’s place in the Bristol community have worked tirelessly to secure this outcome.
Bruce Gray and Callum Bickers have led this group, and will form the core of the leadership team taking Moor Beer forward. They have great experience locally at Left Handed Giant, and throughout the UK beer scene over the last 20 years.
The business has been close to administration. The road ahead is still uncertain. Our immediate focus is simple:
protect our team, support our suppliers, honour our debts, and keep Moor trading through this month and through the challenging start to 2026.
As we move forward, we will be upholding the Code of Conduct accessible in our bio. Everyone involved with Moor Beer — employees, directors, and shareholders — will be held to these standards. There will be no return to the behaviours of the past.
Looking ahead, we are committed not only to safeguarding Moor’s future, but to rebuilding it on firmer foundations:
ethical leadership, sustainable practices, and a socially responsible approach rooted in Bristol’s independent beer culture.
We hope that those of you who have enjoyed and cared about our beers in the past can do so again. Moor Beer has been part of the fabric of the Bristol beer scene for over 20 years. As a team, we are committed to doing the work required to ensure we are still here — brewing great beer and contributing positively to our city — for many years to come.
