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By Julia Chapman, CBC News Posted: Jun 17, 2013 8:25 AM ET

It was 4 a.m., and Warren Pyper was making sausages. That's when the grocery store butcher realized the city he loves is missing something.

“Hamilton doesn't have a craft brewery,” he thought to himself. “Over 500,000 people and no craft brewery.”

Pyper, a former Hamilton-based military corporal, graduated from Niagara College's chef program, and was racking his brain for a way to build his own business.

“I wanted to work for myself,” the 31-year-old said. “Being a professional solider really brings out your work ethic.”

Now, two years later with and a business plan that has been refined as many times as his own beer recipes, Pyper is bringing craft brews to the Steel City.

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