About the Game

Give your brew a unique name, experiment to discover special traits, and ensure your ales reach unprecedented popularity! Dive into a vast array of over 20 European styles, meticulously choosing the equipment that best suits your needs. Adjust the quantity, quality, and mash temperature to blend the perfect brew. Decide whether to store it for aging, or sell it at the market. Put your trust in your monks’ brewing skills, and let them create the holy ale.

Make sure your monastery prospers and ascends to glory! Above ground, build living quarters for your holy crew, production hubs like Libraries and Breweries, and some all-purpose spaces, including the Refectory and the Abbot's Office. Beneath these heavenly floors, it's all about your monastery’s cold cellars (the most sacred of spaces for your brews). Design, build, and turn your monastery into a hub of holy hops!

It's not only about crafting ales, it's about curating a brewing legacy. At Ale Abbey, happy monks will need more than just a good workplace, they will require a steady flow of tasty ales. But that's not all! Appease Lords, befriend neighboring Abbeys, and handle bandit encounters... A tale of challenges unveils in the frothy world of Ale Abbey!
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
v.1.0.5
A major fix that broke the saving (TL:DR, it happened if you let an ale expire in the brewery, and then you sold by chance the specific barrel from the cellar that was assigned to it when the brewing finished, even if you didn't store it), some more fixes, and some QoL for the lists sorting (more to come) ːalemugː ːdrunkmonkː
Polished Lord Orders entries for the Capital and organized them by completion
Fixed missing UI elements in Photo Mode
Adjusted competition banner display during active competitions
Fixed camera controls being re-enabled when opening the Feedback Form while the Furniture Menu was open
Fixed errors when saving if an ale expired in the brewery and its barrel was sold (applied automatically on load)
Added alphabetical and style-alphabetical sorting options for recipes
Added recipe filtering by market
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v1.0.4
Gameplay Fixes 🎮
Fixed a major issue preventing saves from loading when laymen were constructing or moving rooms
Fixed rare edge case where laymen got stuck if a room was moved during construction
Fixed error when demolishing a newly built room with a layman still inside
Fixed monks breaking after a staircase was demolished mid-path
Prevented monastery modifiers from having a minimum bonus higher than zero
Fixed unsupported characters causing save failures
Fixed layman exceptions and freezes tied to construction timing
Fixed the Repay Loan button not working correctly when funds were too low
Fixed exploit where discounted furniture could be resold at full price
Competitions & Tasks 🏆
Fixed competition bug causing ale to disappear if player already had high ranks
Fixed error in Bockheim competitions caused by Mughali Pale Ale
Fixed Bishop task miscounting ale orders due to Lord market unlocks
Fixed achievement issues related to judges’ likes and dislikes
Fixed conflicting likes and dislikes in judges (applied to existing saves)
Fixed unlock error in the Schematics of the Blessed Hops
Rooms & Furniture 🏚️
Fixed depth issue where furniture appeared behind others
Fixed tooltips for furniture with limited slots
Fixed placement error when using Shift to place multiple items
Fixed double-click errors on room and furniture build buttons
Fixed issue where certain buffs or furniture added storage to ingredients not yet unlocked
Fixed buying error when florins matched discounted price but not full price
User Interface & Tooltips 🛠️
Fixed several localizations issues in Chinese and german
Changed position of the Game Paused banner and production icons
Fixed all setting toggles that didn’t update correctly
Changed UX in the Orders panel to stay on "Upcoming Orders" after accepting one
Fixed tooltip in Recipes UI that always showed traits as unresearched
Fixed trait percentages in Brewing UI to reflect all ingredient units
Fixed shopping list not displaying ingredients if pantry had the same price items
Fixed final segment of the Capital reputation bar not updating
Added tooltip to the Capital to clarify unlocks are needed from all three villages
Added option to increase text size by 10% (non-pixel fonts only)
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v1.0.3
We made two patches in two days, and then we though: do we really want to leave some of those saves-breaking bugs pending? Of course we don't! Hence, new patch! ːdrunkmonkː ːalemugː
A tiny percentage of saves might still be broken after this, we don't give up hope yet, but they do belong to reports in which the logs report no errors, the saves sometimes a very broken, once they were even completely empty of data, and it's super hard to solve. We are trying to make sure such things won't happen again in any case!
Various fixes
Fixed several causes of corrupted saves and repaired most of the saves
Fixed wrong price for Rooms in case of temporary discounts
Improved the UX for accepting new orders
Improved Rooms info panel to hide information on Adjacency if not unlocked yet
Ales in transit from barrel to cart are now displayed in the barrels UIs
Increased to 5 minutes the timer to decide the path to take for a World Event
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v1.0.2
You thought that one patch yesterday was all you were gonna get this week? Wrong! Here comes a follow up one, because we just can't stand the idea of bugs still in the game ːdrunkmonkː ːalemugː
Various fixes
Restored competitions normal occurrences after having been broken by previous bugs
Added logic to fix broken saves due to wrongly unlocked Witbier style (a few more patches to fix other broken saves causes will come in the next days)
Fixed the audio toggles (previously inverted with the last patch)
Fixed potential freezing of the game due to conflicting use of shortcuts in World Event panels
Fixed the wrong unlock of styles in a new village upon loading the game
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v1.0.1
Fermentines 🍺
Fixed a major meditation bug causing time to slow and freezing the day-night cycle
Fixed saves not loading due to meditation-related issues
Fixed abbots scolding monks who weren’t in the same room
Retired monks are now correctly removed from the Kneeling Pads
Removed brewers already assigned from the recipe selector
Fixed monk particles not displaying properly on stairs
Fixed Bishop tasks asking for ale quality above 100
Laymen 🧹
Fixed paths not updating when a room on their route was demolished
Fixed bug when swapping a freshly built room before the layman had despawned
Rooms 🏚️
Fixed room brightness not updating if light was added while the game was paused
Room info panel is no longer blurry
Prices for furniture and room building now correctly reflect buffs and debuffs
UI 🛠️
Added an option to hide the HUD
Added a toggle to disable the Feedback message
ESC now properly closes World Event panels
Fixed text in World Event descriptions being cut off when using pixel fonts
Fixed frontend not displaying correct lighting with IncreasedBrightness tech unlocked
Fixed style unlock icons showing incorrectly in the Capital’s reputation bar
Carts 🛞
Fixed purchases not being logged in the sales cart history
Fixed ale marked “in transit” not updating after being sold
Fixed stuck cart appearing on load when only one cart is available but already in use
Fame and Events 🎭
Fame unearnable debuff no longer triggers when ale is accepted but not delivered during Prohibitionism
Fixed competition list not showing newly unlocked entries
Oktoberfest event difficulty and pace have been reduced
Visuals 🎨
Added final copper fermentor art to the brew UI
Fixed boken visualization of the ale virtues in colorblind mode
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v0.4.5
Bugfixes
Fixed an edge case where laymen or carts could get stuck during deliveries
Fixed an issue that could corrupt save files when repeatedly loading and fast-forwarding just before an autosave
Fixed a bug that incorrectly unlocked unavailable styles in the market
Fixed a freeze that occurred when loading a game with an enrolled competition but no ale submitted
Fixed a bug that caused competition timers to display negative values after loading
Fixed a bug triggered when a Fermentine drank an ale with a quality higher than 100
Fixed the broken "Specials" sorting in the brewing recipes list in case of no active special condition (competition or style unlock)
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v0.4.3
Additions
Added the ability to reject a task given by the Bishop even after it was already accepted.
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug that would lock a Brewery if an Ale Order expired while Laymen were still transporting the ale to the cart.
Fixed error from being thrown when sending ale to the Pope from a Cellar barrel.
Fixed incorrect Ale Order related French localized text that provided incorrect information.
Fixed issue that resulted in additional Laymen being recruited when loading a save with a single Farmhouse Ale stored in a Cellar barrel.
Fixed issue that prevented an active Abbey upgrade from being completed successfully. Implemented fix on load for saves already affected by this bug.
Fixed the positioning of a coin icon in the Merchant UI.
Fixed an issue with the Feedback Form being opened when renaming a recipe using the 0 key on the number pad.
Fixed the F11 feedback tool to improve the information provided and the reliability of the data.
Changes
Various gameplay performance optimizations.
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v0.4.2
Bugfixes
Fixed a bug that due to audio issue introduced by one of the new events, caused some groewing major lag and a memory leak (that was only reset by restarting the game)
Fixed a bug for Fermentines freezing in case of bartering successful after another Fermentine was retired
Fixed brewery-blocking bug that happened when an event (A New Pope) and an ale order were happening on the same batch of ale
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v0.4.1
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue where competitions could get stuck with a negative date (you’ll need to replay the last one you completed to unlock new competitions).
Resolved a freeze that could occur when ingredients were in storage but no accessible storage rooms were available for laymen to retrieve them.
Fixed a bug with Old Ale where storing it in barrels would reduce its quality instead of improving it.
Corrected placement issues for the new prize furniture.
Resolved a rare issue causing sound to break in certain situations.
Applied initial fixes to address recent performance drops in the latest build.
Fixed stuck audio sliders on some operating systems.
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v0.3.5
Fixed massive lag on the minimap and fermentines selection of the recipes book,
Fixed the UI being softlocked if an order was successfully negotiated while having the brewing UI open,
Fixed a crash that caused by game being loaded with a competition completed but with no results visualized yet,
Added progress bar to the some more bishop tasks to show the updated state of the task,
Reduced the speed at which the candles light drops,
Reduced the speed at which the littering accumulates in the rooms
v0.3.4
Improvements
Tooltip now shows brewing and recipe progress even when the game is paused
Added tooltip with days and deadlines for competition deliveries
Notifications now appear when a delivery is too late
Unlock order deliveries for the local lord now display an "in delivery" icon
Increased the hitbox of wall lights to make refilling easier
Fixes
Fixed misleading messages related to mandatory loans for upkeep
Fixed incorrect buttons appearing under the competition jury after the first competition
Fixed monk using walk animation instead of stirring when returning to work after sleeping
Fixed save corruption caused by specific combinations of saved competitions
Fixed the positive special effect of Saison ales not triggering correctly
Fixed the Cornucopia of the Farmlands providing access to locked ingredients
Fixed untranslated texts in several minor instances
Fixed price sliders automatically jumping to maximum due to stuck input
Storage Logic
Cold cellars now exclusively store lagering ales; aging and normal ales are stored elsewhere
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v0.3.3
Gameplay Adjustments
The effects of aging and lagering on price and sales have been significantly increased, both positively and negatively
Weekly sales are now more closely tied to settlement population, particularly affecting advanced settlements
The penalty for failing an ale delivery now halts fame growth for one week
UI & UX Improvements
Improved sorting and filtering in the brewing recipe list
Fixed camera movement and shortcut triggers while typing in the feedback or monk renaming panels
Recipe names in “Create from Existing” now properly reflect renamed versions
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that could break recipe renaming under specific conditions
Resolved an issue with brewing tasks requiring two seasonal ingredients even when only one was available
Removed multiple unique furniture items added through a previous bug
Fixed click detection on room buttons being blocked by the goat’s collider
Fixed a bug causing transportation issues when part of an ale was taken for delivery and the rest was trashed
Fixed duplication of certain brews made by the same monk across different breweries
Fixed broom size and position scaling inconsistently with zoom level
Progress bars for several bishop tasks now update correctly
Fixed delivery cart icon stuck on “Delivery Loading...” after an ale competition expired
Fixed a save corruption issue caused by specific room swap and demolition sequences
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Current Release
Build 21021822
Uploaded Jul 09, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
AleAbbey.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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