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Richard Dubé is a French Canadian residing in the US since 1993 and has worked in the brewing industry for over 40 years.

He has a B.Sc. in Microbiology- Biochemistry and earned an Associate Diploma from the Institute of Brewing, London, England. Richard first worked with Molson Breweries in Quality Control and Research, then he occupied various positions in all production departments while with Labatt's/Budweiser. Richard relocated to the US when offered the responsibilities of Product Development and Quality Control in several contract brewing sites under Boston Beer Company (BBC). Two years after working at bringing the BBC culture to the newly acquired Sam Adams Brewery in Cincinnati, Ohio, Richard partially retired from brewing in 2000. He completed his Master of Arts in Teaching and taught high school science for the following ten years.

Richard returned to the brewing industry in 2011, accepting the challenge of opening a large gastropub on the Banks, along the Ohio River in Cincinnati. Richard was subsequently promoted as VP Brewing and Quality for Christian Moerlein Brewing Company. In May of 2014, Richard took a permanent position with Siebel as the Director of Online Education while also co-founding the first free-standing microbrewery in Northern Kentucky, Braxton Brewing Company.