A new craft brewery revived a historic 103-year-old building in downtown Crete that’s perhaps best known as the former Crete Bowling Lanes.
Evil Horse Brewing Co., named after a notoriously uncooperative horse that bucked off riders at the brewmaster’s Beecher farm, opened Friday at 1338 Main Street in Crete. The new craft brewery tries to embody the same spirit of independence as that “evil” horse, said Michael Liccar, a partner in the business.
Liccar, brewmaster Steve Kamp and a group, who all attend Crete Church, launched the new craft brewery, which they hope will be a draw to downtown Crete. In keeping with the many horse farms in the area, they brew beers with equestrian-themed named such as Trot Hopple India Pale Ale, the Sergeant Reckless American Pale Ale, which is named after a horse that won two Purple Hearts in the Korean War and was featured in the Saturday Evening Post, and the Downtown Hottie American Wheat Ale, named after a racehorse who placed first after throwing off her jockey at Belmont three years ago.
