I feel like this is not so much a bug as just a fact of living in medieval times. They drank more booze than water. I say they should keep the ale consumption as is and just make it easier to grow hops. I want my villagers sloshed to the gills in historically accurate fashion god dammit.
It's got good bones, but they are bare.
It's very pretty, the fundamentals are well done, its satisfying. The animations stand out- you can watch a villager build each building beam by beam.
But after you set up food growing and a few production chains, there isn't much left to do. This could be a great game in a year or three, but its not there yet.