Since 2009 Andrea Stanley has been on a mission to bring the malthouse back. Along with her husband she runs Valley Malt in Hadley, MA where local grains are turned into local malt for brewers and distillers in New England. From 2013 to 2017 she served as the President of the Craft Maltster’s Guild, an organization supporting the growth of craft malt. In 2016 Andrea was honored by Food and Wine and Forbes Magazine as one of the 20 Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink. In her spare time she searches for anything she can read about the history of barley and malt. She has been known to corner people in breweries, barley fields and grain elevators talking for hours about malt.