Arbeiter Brewing Builds a Better Kind of Brewery to Serve Its Community | Eater Twin Cities

"After a years-long journey hampered by funding and financing delays, slow city permits, the COVID-19 shutdown, and protests near the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct, I watched Arbeiter Brewing Company finally open and begin selling beer in December 2020. Founded by brewers and marketers Josh Voeltz, Juno Choi, and Garth Blomberg after they leased the old Harriet Brewing space in the Longfellow neighborhood in 2018, the build-out stretched from a planned 12–16 weeks to nine months with pandemic-era crew limits. They began by selling crowlers out of the taproom and in local liquor stores and then opened their taproom and patio to the public on January 12; the owners have always intended the taproom to be a community gathering place and a hub for neighborhood organizing. Committed to rebuilding the area and addressing racial inequities, they joined Longfellow Rising and use their platform intentionally rather than merely pursuing profit. The beer — from a dark, toasty pumpernickel rye ale to a traditional German pilsner that should soon join the Twin Cities' lagers — has made the long wait worthwhile." - Ryan Meaney