Our People

The team at French & Jupps have a vast wealth of experience and knowledge in the malting & brewing  industry.

The French & Jupps Team

Proudly serving our customers and the community, dedicated to supplying speciality roasted malts of the highest quality.
Annabelle Degroot Managing Director French & Jupps

Annabelle
Degroot

Managing Director

Having spent the majority of my career in commercial, financial and operational roles in the beer industry, it is now my distinct honour to lead an exciting new chapter at French & Jupps, Great Britain’s oldest maltster.

At French & Jupps, our small-batch specialty roasted malts have been carefully handcrafted over centuries in traditional, time-honoured ways, with great care and passion, using locally sourced barley to our maltings in Stanstead Abbotts.

Housed within a number of our historic maltings buildings also reside a range of fine local businesses—both start-up and larger scale—bringing great vibrancy to the local community. We devote energy to serving this local community, supporting valuable local initiatives.

With the same entrepreneurial spirit that started the French & Jupps story as farmers in West Sussex in 1689, French & Jupps proudly remains a family-owned business today, tipping our cap to the past while looking forward to delighting brewers and our valued customers for many years to come.

Annabelle Degroot

Dave Watson

Dave Watson

Operations
Director
Natalie Dayes

Natalie Dayes

Tenancy 
Manager
Rose Flowers

Rose Flowers

Business 
Administrator
James Marinos

James Marinos

Growth & Marketing Manager

Production

Our production team are experts in the entire malting process, from steeping & germination to kiln drying & roasting. Each expert looks after specific malts and mix both modern technology and traditional methods to ensure the perfect result.

Dean

Dean

Matt

MATT

Del

Del

Paul

Paul

Ian

Ian

The Lab

Local incoming barley through to finished roasted malts are carefully evaluated to ensure our strict quality standards are met.

Karen

Karen

Carla

Carla

The Engineers

With the nature of malting being a highly mechanised operation, our highly skilled engineers are on hand to ensure the smooth running of our equipment.

Ian

Ian

Ewan

Ewan

George

The Warehouse Team

Our Warehouse Team are responsible for carefully packaging our roasted malts into a wide range of packaged formats, from pallets of 25kg bags through to bulk loads for international shipping.

Jamie

Jamie

Connor

Connor

Ed

Ed
French & Jupps

Crystal Malt - Process

Crystal Malting Process Drawing

To learn about the journey from field to glass and more detailed explanation of the malting process click below.

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Crystal roasted malt - process, process drawing

Our Vision

Proudly delivering outstanding quality and services for centuries to come.

OUr Mission

We pride ourselves in:
Producing the finest quality speciality malts
Providing an inspiring environment for businesses to develop and grow
Supporting the community and local youth programmes

Our Values

Family owned and driven by core family values. 

We are: One team, supportive, honest, respectful and care greatly about our community, local talented youth and the environment.

Contact Us

EMAIL

Address

French & Jupps Ltd, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts, SG12 8HG​

Proudly Creating Perfecting Malting Since 1689