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.
has anyone else had the issue where livestock just doesn't get bought for years on end? every playthrough I set a family at the livestock trader to buy like 50 sheep, and 3 years later they've bought 1, even if I had money to spare in all that time