Nice place with history to it. Had a couple beers. Bartender was really nice. We will return. Cheers!

We actually went to a shower there and we live in the area and this was our first time here. It is a great place. Great drinks and service. We will definitely be back and highly recommend. read more

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Cool little brewery in Crete. Evil Horse was better than expected. It's kind of a small place but there's apparently enough room for events and things. Among these are fun stuff including live music. The beer is the main attraction of course, and this has a surprising amount of variety. As was our luck we got here when there was some kind of festival. It had a cover charge to get in and see some live music. They let you come and go as long as you had a wristband. At the bar there wasn't that bad of a line. We ordered a few beers, which is the only thing they have on the menu. It's about $5 a pint for most beers. There's a good amount of styles. I liked the Holsteiner the most of what we had. This was refreshing, and hoppy but not a lot. Best things of course is the beers. It often has events going on like music and trivia, so come back often and have fun. There's no food here, but you can get some at the restaurant called The Loft, which is upstairs. read more

Evil Horse Brewing Company - Holsteiner - Breweries Near Me - Crete, Illinois

Awesome tap room! Great variety of beers from local and not so local breweries. Beautiful bar and seating area, with plenty of board games available. Kid friendly barrel house with bags, a bocce court, a disc golf basket, and plenty of room to stretch out the legs. read more

Evil Horse Brewing Company - Scooter time in the barrel house! - Breweries Near Me - Crete, Illinois

Great place to chill and have a couple cold beers. No food. Just beer and chips but atmosphere is nice and welcoming. It's a nice place to have a conversation with someone while enjoying a beer. My husband and I have been a couple times. We will go back again read more

Decided to stop in a try a growler of one of their beers. I stopped in with a growler, but they refused to fill a growler that was not purchased from them. I have never heard of a brewery forcing you to buy their growler in order to get one filled. I decided I did not like being forced to increase their profit margin by buying an additional growler I didn't need. read more

If I could give it zero stars I would. My husband and I were in line to order and were completely overlooked. The man at the bar took another persons order who just walked up. We decided to leave after that. read more

Taylor R. is amazing!!! I started chatting her up about my upcoming wedding and she told me she was getting married soon as well. What's more she's getting married here at the bar so she began telling me about how we could reserve the bar for our wedding date. TAYLOR is a keeper!! She explained how we could rent the venue, there is space in the back they can rope off the front or the. At for us by the fireplace and the sun could have a bartender attending our party. By the way Taylor is great at figuring out which beer fits your taste profile based on the beers you currently like. read more

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Friendly,and trendy with several excellent in house brews. The owners are good people and so is everyone that works there. Check out trivia nights read more

Funny bartender and great patrons. Lots of board games to play with friends. Fantastic original drafts

Super cute spot on Main Street in Crete. Came for a birthday gathering and loved it. The space is cool. I really enjoyed the fun unique decor pieces. Definitely take a look around and take in all the cool features. Amazing pizza at the place above. And obviously fantastic beer. read more

Great local spot to hang with friends and drink great beer! We came with a group to watch a few bands. I tired a flight to get a taste of what they had to offer. I liked all of my choices but my favorite was the hopple IPA. Someone else in my group had the off-the-menu hazy IPA which was awesome! I would definitely order that next time. You can also order food from the restaurant upstairs. Great place! read more

Great use of reclaimed wood through out the bar area it's very relaxing inside. Plenty of sitting so you won't feel over crowded the beer selection has something for everyone read more

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This is a pretty solid place overall for the area. It can just use a little something more. To start, there's a great selection of beers. Good flight options. And it's a really nice atmosphere to sit and drink with friends. I love that they have the old Crete Bowling Alley sign! However, the service is very meh. And I came for trivia the other night, only for it to be cancelled when I showed up. I've come before for trivia and it was packed - no one showed up the night I came for the second time unfortunately. I appreciate though that they're at least trying to bring fun events to the area. As others have mentioned, there's no food served here. You can order from upstairs - and I'd highly recommend the deep dish pizza. Takes awhile to cook but it's really tasty. There's some popcorn to snack on in the bar but I think they could use some other munchies, especially while waiting for the food to cook upstairs. read more

Evil Horse Brewing Company - Breweries Near Me - Crete, Illinois

Great place for good craft beer . Also in a nice setting as far as brewery s go. You can sit outside Monday has farmer's market an car show. Then you can also bring in food . Or have it delivered loft pizza will bring it down to you from upstairs read more

Great Beer and Bartenders! Nice fireplace and live music. Parking available behind the building as well. read more

Didn't get to spend that much time here since it was nearing closing time but I would definitely recommend it and would come check it out again. It's a nice place with a lot of space and good drink selection. I sampled a few beers and my wife tried some meads. The bartender was very welcoming and friendly. read more

So, my wife and I travel a great deal and make it a point to try out brewing companies wherever we find ourselves in the country. Evil Horse (right up there with Dark Heart in Sacramento) is absolutely one of our favorites. We have sampled all of their beers from IPA to lager to Kolsch to Porter to Bock to Brown to ESB to Rye (you get the point....AMAZING selection) and there simply is not a bad beer among them...seriously. Our current favorites are the Hazy IPA and the Winterbock but you simply can't go wrong. That plus the place has a super cool and friendly groove and awesome interior. I know, who would have thought some of the best beer out there would be made by a little brewing company in Crete Illinois but man-oh-man this is a great place to check out. read more

Great spot! We tried multiple beers in order to find one to take home in a growler and trust me it was a hard choice. The decor is very welcoming with lots of rustic reclaimed wood. When we were there live music was set up in the corner. Their flight boards are very pretty and you can tell the bartenders know and appreciate their beers. read more

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Great place for a beer! Ambiance is perfect for a microbrewery. Tasted few beers and picked a Hefeweizen they have tapped today. It was phenomenal. I tasted their saison that was very good. It's nice that they are selling sandwiches. One little minus. They don't have a vegetarian option. Go have a beer. Enjoy! I'll definitely be back. read more

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Beer and cider spot. Fun for trivia themes game nights and feeling like you're on the town in Crete. Staff have good sense of humor when I played for Christmas trivia. read more

Fantastic atmosphere! This place is a must see/must drink! Love the light Pilsner. My husband loves the dark brews. Best of both worlds! Decor is fabulous! read more

Hits: Very very good beer, lots of beer options, fireplace, friendly staff, board games. Misses: No food, minimal staff, bad acoustics (very loud). This place could have easily been a five star review with a small appetizer menu and one extra staff member for the floor. NOTE: you can order take out from the restaurant upstairs (The Loft), and they'll bring it down to you. read more

For what they lack in food (they don't serve food FYI) they make up in Beer. Their in-house (never keg-ed) craft brews are amazing (AND CHEAP, $5 for a Tall)! I came here on a Saturday night and they place was popping. Locals from different circle came here to enjoy local beer and live music. Fun Fact: This is Crete's old bowling ally, and Evil Horse pays homage to this with tables made out of the old lanes and the famous neon bowling sign hung above the fire place. Come thirsty and cheerful! read more

I know I'm in the minority here but I could take it or leave it. Everything here is strictly A-OK. Average is great if you happen to live around here but I would never drive out here again! I have multiple places closer to home that are much better! To sum it up. Average beer, average service, average atmosphere. read more

Really disappointed. We drove over half an hour to come and try the beers. Arrived at 10:45pm on a Saturday night with a party of 6 people. The advertised closing time is midnight- so plenty of time for a beer or two. A party of 3 people came in just before us, and two more after us. So all together, 11 people ready to have a drink there. The bartender said she already called last call and we couldn't get a drink. We mentioned the advertised 12pm closing, that we drove a ways to get there, and even asked if we could all just get one beer. It was a hard NO from the staff. So all 11 people left. Again, this was a Saturday night, over an hour from the advertised closing time, and we drove a long way. I don't think I will give this brewery another chance. read more

Always happy when new businesses move into the South Suburbs and even happier when it turns out to be a place I'd like to frequent! I wasn't a beer fan before stopping here but tried a Flight of 4 and now I'm a convert! They have an ever changing menu of beer "flavors", my 2 Faves were the Blueberry and Ginger flavored. They schedule special event nights.....I've been there for both the Bingo the Bunco......take some friends, drink beer & have a blast! The crowd ranges in age from 20s thru mid 30s & it is definitely more dude heavy, so Single Millennial ladies, get on over there stat! Cons: They seem to be understaffed......you might stand in a queue at the bar 8 deep and wait, and wait and wait. No one really seems to wait on the tables. #firstworldproblems NO FOOD!!!! As others have stated, you can phone orders to the Loft restaurant upstairs and they will bring it down. The food is good but the wait times can be exhaustive. UPDATE 2018 - They need to open the pocket book and have more than one bartender working on busy nights. Waiting in the "Order" queue for 15-20 minutes for a beer batshit crazy & tells me you don't really care about your patrons returning. Reduced their Stars from 4 to 3...... read more

This brewery is brand new located in downtown Crete. It's an old bowling alley but you'd never know it. Inside its beautiful. Lots of seating. Great beers. The Trot Hopple is my favorite beer so far. There's some sandwich choices available. So far so good. Let's hope it stays this way. read more

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First and foremost the staff are the laziest. They will not leave the back of the bar and wait on a table what so ever. They are pretty rude most of the time. The acoustics in there are horrible. It is so loud as soon as it gets a dozen customers. Everyone tries to talk louder than the next and you cant hear the people at your own table. The beer is pretty damn good. read more

I have really never experienced such terrible service. We decided to give it a second chance because they've been open for quite a while. I really respect (and enjoy for the most part) local breweries, but this is the second time the service has been bad. We will not return. read more

Totally unexpected in the best possible way. A friend and I were passing through the area and on a whim decided to stop for a quick beer before heading home for the evening. Inside, we discovered one of the most approachable, personable, cozy and interesting places I've been to in the last few years. First, there were dogs on the patio. That's a win. Second, they had open mic night and everyone was disarmingly friendly and welcoming. Third, their bartender Taylor was attentive, charismatic and knowledgeable. Fourth, the actual beers (came for 1, stayed for 3) were delicious and priced at a great value. Granted, on Sundays it's apparently $1 off drafts, but still, full price would have been a good value. Lastly, the decor is alot of reclaimed nostalgic items like the Crete bowling alley sign, or the bar top is an actual bowling lane. The stars really align for this place; good on them. This is what you've come to hope for with a brewery, and they don't disappoint. read more

Place looks awesome and the crowd was a blast! Beer was great too! New hang out for sure! read more

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Nice location...great ambiance...I do wish they had a better description of their beers. read more

Evil Horse Brewing Company - Breweries Near Me - Crete, Illinois

Me and my bud Mark stopped by after leaving the feed store on Saturday. Sooo many beers to chose from so I asked the barkeep to surprise me. He did not disappoint. It was very good. I had a couple and that's all I needed because it was quite potent. I highly recommend and will return soon! read more

Never going back again. I liked the beer but the bartender was a complete grouch! Unfortunately this is not a one time experience. I have dealt with her before in the past and she was still the same unpleasant person. The last time I was there she looked like she was wearing pajamas and she cut the music off at 8:30 and put last call at 8:30 when they close at nine I thought that was a little ridiculous. read more

Beer was great the service behind the bar well a robot would have done a better job. The female bartender had no personality and was so slow. I have been to over 100 microbreweries across the country and this had the worst service. My opinion is don't go read more

Stopped in to check things out. Good atmosphere, plenty of beer selections for all taste buds. there's a restaurant called The Loft upstairs I believe you can get food brought down I did see some people that brought in some outside food from a local pizza joint. Not sure if that's supposed to mean that the pizza upstairs isn't any good. Was it pretty good crowd beer price was good three bucks for any size draft. I tried the leaping bull, which I would compare to a blue moon both of which I really enjoy be a great beer with a burger. There was some folks playing cornhole in the Brewing area, and me being from out of town I didn't feel like I could have just jumped into a game, not really sure how all that stuff worked and there was only one person working and. behind the bar. I would've like to have played a game or two while enjoying the beers. If there had been some wait staff that I could have asked it would have made the whole experience seem a little more friendly. I will definitely go back next time I'm in town and if I was a local this would be a regular watering hole for me. they've got some bars swag as well t-shirts hats stickers tin signs magnets. Overall good experience read more

Nice tasting room! Friendly service. Beer has grown up and developed nicely so far! If you go, order food from the restaurant upstairs, they deliver quickly and it was tasty. read more

Stopped in with husband for one flight each Tried those 8 and offered a taste of 3 more. Liked them all. So many choices. Staff are very attentive. Answered all our questions. Clean & comfortable atmosphere. Highly recommend. Lots of event offering. Plan to return. read more

Bar service is great, table service is hit or miss. The beers are a bit overrated in my opinion. Out of the handful of co-workers I brought here none of them could find a beer they enjoyed. The atmosphere is outstanding. The place is put together very well and looks awesome. The food trucks are a nice touch, and I heard they recently opened up a restaurant above the bar that you can order from. I haven't been since they opened it though. read more