Unlocking new beer styles in Ale Abbey can be both a joy and a puzzle. Some recipes are straightforward, while others are unexpectedly complex or tied to obscure ingredients.
This guide serves as a cheat sheet for unlocking beer styles — whether you’re stuck on a brewing quest or just want to expand your monastery’s repertoire.
Warning: Brewing is half the fun of Ale Abbey. Use this guide sparingly if you enjoy experimentation and discovering recipes through trial and error.
Abbey Ale
Base: Old Ale
Ingredients:
- 1 Gruit
- 1 Brown Malt
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 2 Coffee
- 1 Honey
- 1 Magnum Hops
Stats: 7–6–1–1
Amber Ale
Base: Blonde Ale
Ingredients:
- 1 Gruit
- 3 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 3 Amber Malt
Stats: 4–4–3–3
Barley Wine
Base: Tripel
Ingredients:
- 1 Coriander Seeds
- 1 Orange Peel
- 2 Wheat Flakes
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 3 Sugar
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 4 Strong Yeast
- 1 Rye Malt
- 1 Roasted Malt
- 2 Lager Yeast
Stats: 5–1–10–7
Bavarian Helles
Base: Livonian Porter
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 2 Amber Malt
- 7 Pale Malt
- 1 Roasted Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
Stats: 6–7–6–5
Belgian Kriek
Base: Light Ale
Ingredients:
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 2 Cherries
- 1 Sugar
- 1 Amber Malt
Stats: 3–4–3–0
Blonde Ale
- Base: Light Ale
- Ingredients:
- 2 Standard Yeast
- 5 Pale Malt
- Stats: 3–1–3–1
Bock Beer
- Base: Bohemian Pilsner
- Ingredients:
- 1 Lager Yeast
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Classic Hops
- 2 Strong Yeast
- 1 Berries
- 1 Rye Malt
- Stats: 5–2–5–4
Note: Requires Lagering — build the Cellar on -3rd floor.
Bohemian Pilsner
Base: Tripel
Ingredients:
- 1 Coriander Seeds
- 1 Orange Peel
- 1 Wheat Flakes
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 1 Sugar
- 1 Strong Yeast
- 1 Brown Candi Sugar
- 1 Berries
- 1 Eucalyptus
- Stats: 7–2–6–3
Dubbel
Base: Amber
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Amber Malt
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 2 Berries
- 1 Brown Candi Sugar
- 1 Strong Yeast
- 7 Yeast Nutritional
- 6 Wheat Starch
Stats: 4–6–6–10
21 ingredients! Look for efficiency later.
Farmhouse Ale
Base: Herbal
Ingredients:
- 1 Eucalyptus
- 1 Gruit
- 1 Honey
- 1 Amber Malt
- 7 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Brown Malt
Stats: 8–5–7–3
Fruit Ale
Base: Light
Ingredients:
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Strong Yeast
- 1 Gruit
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Amber Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 1 Coffee
Stats: 5–2–2–3
Gose
Base: Herbal
Ingredients:
- 1 Eucalyptus
- 1 Gruit
- 1 Honey
- 1 Amber Malt
- 2 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Cherries
- 1 Brown Malt
- 1 Wheat Flakes
Stats: 8–4–3–2
Hefeweizen (Hefenweizen)
Base: Light
Ingredients:
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Honey
- Stats: 1–0–1–0
Basically, water. But it counts.
Herbal Ale
Base: Old
Ingredients:
- 2 Standard Yeast
- 5 Pale Malt
- 2 Brown Malt
- 1 Gruit
Stats: 6–5–3–1
Italic Grape Ale
Base: Hefeweizen
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 2 Grapes
- 2 Wheat Flakes
- 1 Strong Yeast
Stats: 7–1–3–8
Light Ale
- Unlocked by Default
Livonian Porter
Base: Tripel
Ingredients:
- 1 Coriander Seeds
- 1 Orange Peel
- 2 Wheat Flakes
- 1 Pale Malt
- 2 Wheat Malt
- 2 Sugar
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 1 Pepper
- 1 Pumpkin
- 2 Strong Yeast
- 1 Coffee
- 1 Wheat Starch
- 1 Cascadus Hops
Stats: 8–1–8–7
Mughali Pale Ale
Base: Amber
Ingredients:
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 2 Pale Malt
- 2 Amber Malt
- 4 Classic Hops
Stats: 6–3–2–4
Münchener Dunkel
Base: Amber
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 2 Amber Malt
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Strong Yeast
- 1 Lager Yeast
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 2 Berries
- 2 Wheat Starch
- 1 Sugar
Stats: 6–5–3–5
Old Ale
Base: Blonde
Ingredients:
- 3 Standard Yeast
- 5 Pale Malt
- 1 Gruit
- Stats: 4–1–2–1
Saison
Base: Light
Ingredients:
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Pale Malt
- 2 Coffee
Stats: 2–4–0–0
Scotch Wee Heavy
Base: Bock
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Amber Malt
- 2 Pale Malt
- 1 Lager Yeast
- 1 Brown Malt
- 1 Brown Candi Sugar
- 1 Sugar
- 1 Strong Yeast
- 2 Rye Malt
- 1 Yeast Nutritional
Stats: 7–5–8–4
Bonus if brewed by male brewmaster in bonus Brewery
Smoked Beer
Base: Dubbel
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Brown Malt
- 3 Pale Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 2 Brown Candi Sugar
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 1 Roasted Malt
- 4 Wheat Flakes
- 1 Sugar
- 1 Coffee
Stats: 9–7–7–10
Tripel
Base: Mughali
Ingredients:
- 1 Cascadus Hops
- 2 Magnum Hops
- 1 Amber Malt
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Standard Yeast
- 1 Sugar
- 4 Strong Yeast
- 1 Berries
Stats: 8–3–10–4
Great for aging-related quests.
Witbier
Base: Hefeweizen
Ingredients:
- 1 Classic Hops
- 1 Pale Malt
- 1 Wheat Malt
- 1 Estery Yeast
- 2 Cascadus Hops
- 2 Brown Malt
- 1 Strong Yeast
Stats: 9–4–2–4
If a recipe doesn’t unlock, double-check base style and ingredient order. Some styles require aging or lagering, so prepare rooms accordingly and Expect more recipes to be added or rebalanced as the game evolves.