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Craft Beer Trend Ferments in Westmont

Brew Your Own Bottle is a regional source for beer making supplies and classes.

When Brett Mullin needed a career change, he might have quaffed a pint or two of lager, looked at everyone else doing the same and found his niche. Mullin realized his carpentry craft was done because of lingering shoulder damage, while the craft beer phase was ripe for his expertise. Mullin, 28, brewed his first batch of beer when he was 18, not even old enough to drink it out of the house. “My parents wouldn't touch it. They thought it would make them sick,” he says now, perched on a padded stool at the counter of Brew Your Own Bottle, at 162 Haddon Ave., in the Westmont section of Haddon Township. The shop has drawn rave reviews from beer fans who are involved in home brewing. It's neat, clean and bright, and almost any time you stop …

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Shoptalk: Haddon Township Business

Friends Turn Philly Phanaticism Into Booming Business

Philly fans may not have a championship trophy, but they can wear their Eagles, Phillies, Flyers, 76ers and Union colors proudly with shirts at Bark Tees in Haddon Township.

Do you bleed green for the Eagles, cheer on checks delivered by the Broad Street Bullies or long to hear Harry Kalas’ “That ball is ... outta here!” one more time? Then you’ll fit right in at new Haddon Township business Bark Tees, which lets you wear your Philly sports pride for all to see. Bark Tees has a shirt for every Philadelphia sport—yes, soccer included—and then some, all designs that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else. Just don’t ask Bark Tees co-owners Mark Concannon or Ben Lee to pick their favorite team. “All of them, I like them all,” Lee demurred. “It depends on the season.” But that doesn’t mean the T-shirt aficionados don’t have their preferred designs—like vintage Eagles insignia on pre-faded green shirts or the…

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Shop Pink in Haddonfield and Haddon Twp. to Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means a variety of pink products will be hitting the shelves. But, do your pink purchases always go toward the cause?

A wave of pink is flooding stores everywhere, as retailers participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For the savvy shopper, it's an opportunity to donate to a good cause while snagging unique, pink-hued items. The Haddonfield Floral Company is offering a pink-ribbon standing wreath display of carnations as a symbol of hope in the fight against breast cancer. But before you plunk down your green for some pink, the nonprofits behind Breast Cancer Awareness Month want you to check the label. Jenna Glazer, director of development for Young Survival Coalition (YSC), a global organization dedicated to helping young women diagnosed with breast cancer, said that buyers should be on the lookout for a label or tag that tells where the money from…

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Thrifty Shoppers Find a Good Samaritan

Profits from Haddon Township thrift shop benefits hospice.

Looking for a bargain to put on your back, your feet or your tabletop? Head to Samaritan Thrift, the newest shop in Haddon Township. Most of the shoppers who have visited the store since it opened on Aug. 14 have returned, again and again. Some are drawn by the shop window, changed daily by manager Amy Buchanan. Those size 6½ gold-toned cowboy boots with the lizard skin pattern that were in the window last week? Gone in a day, replaced by purple pumps. The cranberry-toned glass mixing bowls won’t last long either. Stock changes every day the store is open, all donated with proceeds helping to pay the cost for palliative and hospice care for seriously and terminally ill patients who are under- or uninsured. Nestled into the first block of …

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