Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon works best as a laid-back way to spend a few hours, thinking of potential ingredient combinations while big fermenters deal with customer orders. The game is also an excellent way to learn about types of beer, their evolution, and the impressively weird combinations that a committed brewer could create. The game’s presentation, especially the pixel art, makes it easy to spend time researching, building new rooms, and dealing with the needs of the workers. Extra content for the events and missions would have helped with immersion. Ale Abbey sometimes feels repetitive, but it manages to add new brews at a solid enough pace to keep the work interesting.