The doppelbock style was born in Bavarian monasteries, where monks brewed it as liquid bread to sustain themselves through Lenten fasting. They named theirs Salvator. We named ours Liberator.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Arbeiter Brewing have been neighbors since 2020 — a partnership forged through crisis and sustained through the work of showing up. When Operation Metro Surge brought ICE into our community, we found our way back to each other. This beer grew out of that relationship.
Liberator was released at Easter. It features artwork by Sean Lim, a neighborhood artist whose mutual aid work has been a consistent reminder of our call to love our neighbors — especially the most vulnerable. The monarch butterfly in his design is a symbol of the immigrant justice movement: a creature that crosses borders to survive, whose journey spans generations.
Liberator is the first of four beers Holy Trinity and Arbeiter are brewing together. Behind this can is Arbeiter’s head brewer Aaron and a group of Holy Trinity members who came up with the name, learned something new, and made something together.
We’re glad it found its way to you.
A portion of every Liberator sale supports immigrant neighbors directly. The Holy Trinity Immigration Justice Fund provides rent relief and legal support to immigrant neighbors in our local community.
