Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
by Hammer & Ravens · 17 Sep, 2025
27 downloads
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
Hear ye, hear ye Fermentines📯
The monastery has been quite busy over the past weeks, and today we bring you the update that brings Ale Abbey to its 1.1, Requiem for a Brew! A hearty update that we have been painstakingly brewing based on your feedback, it brings a multitude of UI improvements, new world flavor, spooky surprises, and some much-needed “smoothing” to make things more palatable under the hood.
UI Changes
Cleaner, Sharper, Friendlier- Updated tooltip for fermenters and boilers when a valid coordinate exists, but the high spot is occupied
- Added ESC-to-close on bartering panels
- Added a Courtyard delivery queue icon and panel to track incoming and outgoing goods
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- Improved info when choosing ales for bandits (style and traits now shown)
- Added contextual tooltips to the Title scene
- Added “Mute when minimized” toggle in Main Menu
- Added selling details panel in Ale Markets
- New drag icon when hovering over the Recipes UI minimap
- New icon in the Brewing UI and Archives to mark award-winning ales
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- Added profit sorting
- Added filters to show only ales requiring lagering or aging
- Brewing UI now keeps your filtering and sorting when closed
- Tooltips no longer vanish when hovering over a selected Fermentine
- Added “Continue” button on Title scene
- Added controls to increase/decrease ale prices in the Markets UI
- Game time now pauses when confirmation windows appear (serial pausing aficionados, we have finally been blessed!)
Achievements
If you ever liked “cheesing” it, you can stop holding your breath now…
- The “Cold Cellar” achievement can now be unlocked by moving an existing cellar to the lower floors (it’s a feature, not a bug)
World
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- A brand-new ghostly World Event now haunts the Abbey…
- Fixed furniture-movement issues in the Abbot’s room
- Fixed laymen’s exception for newly finished rooms being moved
- Added new SFXs
- Added snow and rain VFX
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- Increased bonuses for Frescos
- Added new Frescos for:
- Cellar
- Meditation Room
- Refectory
- Cellar
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Backend
Smoother Than a Well-Rested Lager
- Fixed trait-count calculation for the More Than Three Traits judge’s dislike (your competition results should now be more logical!)
A Small Favor from the Fermentine Order… 🍻❤️
If Ale Abbey managed to get you to find peace and quiet for a weekend or two… or months (we don’t judge), or maybe made you grin thanks to your brewing success, consider leaving us a Steam review. It helps enormously with visibility and brings more monks, nuns, and curious wanderers into the Abbey.
From everyone here at Hammer & Ravens and Shiro,
Brew and be merry!
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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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We are incredibly excited to announce we have concluded the Early Access development of Ale Abbey and have today officially launched the full 1.0 release🍻🎉
Thank you everyone for having wishlisted us or, even better, already played the game during the EA.
Now it’s time to show you what’s in store for the Abbey and to welcome all of you who will join us for this new phase in the brewing 🔥
Official release
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. With time, you'll even be able to participate in prestigious tournaments and serve the richest tables of the region🍺
If you’re only beginning now and want some advice, check our latest tips and tricks post
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2789460/Ale_Abbey__Monastery_Brewery_Tycoon/
New content!
Coming with 1.0 are four new markets, including the Grand Capital with its plush stalls and ever-thirsty patrons, eight new ale styles, a full-blown competition league, and the peaceful Contemplarium for your monks’ wellbeing.
You’ll also find fresh furniture, expanded research, new World Events, shiny Steam Achievements, and more ways than ever to keep your abbey buzzing 🍻
If you want to check the full patch notes click below:
v1.0(!)
New Content
Markets & Competitions 🌍
- Added 4 new markets, including the majestic Capital
- Introduced 1 new competition league
- Added 1 new judge with updated jury preferences
- 8 new unique competition reward furniture pieces
- New trophies to unlock and archive
Brewing & Tech 🔬
- 8 new ale styles now available to unlock
- Introduced 2 new tiers of research with 16 new techs
- New gigantic 1000-liter copper brewing tool
Rooms & Furniture 🏛️
- New room: the Contemplarium, enabling meditation shifts
- New decorative furniture: frescoes, stoves, and cellar dehumidifiers
- Info panels added for rooms
- Added competitions and trophies archives
World Events 📜
- Introduced 6 new World Events system (including Oktoberfest!)
Bishop & Tasks ✝️
- Added 3 new tasks from the Bishop
Quality of Life
- Competition results and reward visualization added
- Sorting enabled for monk and room lists
- Reduced micromanagement: less cleaning and candle relighting
- Removed cooldown from cleaning tools
- Improved balancing for economy and difficulty
- Increased stat impact on Fermentine work
Steam Additions
- 56 Steam achievements added Not available on early access save
- 8 Steam trading cards available
- Game credits now viewable
Accessibility
- Optional colorblind mode added in settings
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Thank you all once again!
Throughout the Early Access, we’ve received a lot of feedback from you, and those helped us get the game to the point it is now. For that we want to say thank you again for shaping this beautiful Ale with us!
If you want to brag about your skills in brewing, join us directly on our Discord and see you in the Abbey!
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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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