Brewing

Brewing is the method by which many potions are made in Minecraft. Jeb has said that it will probably not come out in 1.9, possibly pushing the release to 1.10. Originally potions were to be brewed in Cauldrons but Jeb later tweeted that he and Notch had come up with a different brewing method.

History
According to code found in the Beta 1.9 Pre-release 2, Potions are brewed by adding water to a Cauldron, and then combining ingredients. Ingredients in the correct combination would confer beneficial potion effects with no downside, or additional negative status effects. In 1.9, there will be a Brewing Stand to brew potions in, while the Cauldron is now used to hold the water needed for brewing.

Currently there are many ingredient combinations which result in many different potion effects. Under the original Cauldron base system Jeb recommended certain "'clean' potions that don't require a lot of work."

Potion ingredients
The following are the main bases and special added effects for regular potions:
 * Fermented Spider Eye: gives negative effects and downgrade upgraded effects.
 * Glowstone (Dust): upgrades effects, but decreases their duration.
 * Nether Wart: main base for regular potions.
 * Redstone dust: increases the duration of effects, but downgrades upgraded effects.

The following are the main ingredients required to give the potions their special effect:
 * Blaze Powder: for strength.
 * Ghast Tear: for health.
 * Magma Cream: for fire resistance.
 * Spider Eye: for poisoning.
 * Sugar: for speed.

Base Potions
Base potions are required before advanced potions can be brewed.
 * Nether wart + water bottle= Awkward potion (Awkward Potion is the base potion for all positive buffs)
 * Glow stone dust + water bottle = Thick Potion
 * Red stone dust + water bottle = Mundane Potion
 * Fermented Spider Eye + water bottle = Potion of Weakness 1:30

Awkward Base

 * Awkward Potion + Ghast tears = Instant Health
 * Instant Health can instantly recover lost heart without


 * Awkward Potion + Sugar = Potion of swiftness
 * Potion of swiftness increases the movement speed of the user


 * Awkward Potion + Spider Eye = Potion of Poison


 * Awkward Potion + Blaze Powder = Potion of strength
 * Potion of strength increases the damage output of the player? (please confirm)


 * Awkward Potion + Magma Cream = Potion of Fire Resistance

Mundane Base

 * Mundane Potion + Fermented Spider Eye = Potion of weakness 4:00

Thick Base

 * Thick Potion + Fermented Spider Eye = Potion of weakness 1:30

Weak Base

 * potion of weakness(normal) + Red stone dust = Potion of weakness 4:00


 * Potion of weakness(redstone) + Glowstone = Potion of weakness 1:30