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.

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.

Complete recipe list
Currently there are many ingredient combinations which result in many different potion effects. The following potions were commented by Jeb to be the "'clean' potions that don't require a lot of work."

Potion Calculator Tool
An online tool has been deployed to explore all formulas for potions, with select-able ingredients and desired potion effects

Potion names
There are a number of names used for potions in-game; these don't seem to have any strong connection to the potion's ingredients or effects. The names include:
 * Acrid potion
 * Artless potion
 * Awkward potion
 * Bland potion
 * Bulky potion
 * Bungling potion
 * Buttered potion
 * Charming potion
 * Clear potion
 * Cordial potion
 * Dashing potion
 * Debonair potion
 * Diffuse potion
 * Elegant potion
 * Fancy potion
 * Flat potion
 * Foul potion
 * Gross potion
 * Harsh potion
 * Milky potion
 * Mundane potion
 * Odorless potion
 * Potent potion
 * Rank potion
 * Refined potion
 * Smooth potion
 * Sparkling potion
 * Stinky potion
 * Suave potion
 * Thick potion
 * Thin potion
 * Uninteresting potion

Potion ingredients
The following items are known to be used as an ingredient in at least one potion:
 * Blaze Powder
 * Fermented Spider Eye
 * Ghast Tear
 * Magma Cream
 * Nether Wart
 * Spider Eye
 * Sugar
 * Water
 * Glowstone (Dust) is used to upgrade Potions
 * Redstone dust is used to downgrade Potions

Health Potions
1.9p3 working

Mundane potion Instant Health
 * 1) Nether Wart
 * 2) Ghast Tear

Damage Potions
Thick potion Instant Damage III
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 3) Nether Wart

Poison Potions
Thick potion Poison II (1:30)
 * 1) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 2) Ghast Tear
 * 3) Nether Wart
 * 4) Sugar
 * 5) Nether Wart

Hunger Potions
Elegant potion Hunger (1:30)
 * 1) Blaze Powder
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Nether Wart
 * 4) Sugar
 * 5) Nether Wart
 * 6) Nether Wart

Refined potion Hunger (4:00)
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Magma Cream
 * 3) Nether Wart

Charming potion Hunger (6:30)
 * 1) Blaze Powder
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Nether Wart
 * 4) Sugar
 * 5) (Nether Wart, Nether Wart, Sugar)x5

Speed Potions
Mundane potion Speed I (3:00)
 * 1) Spider Eye
 * 2) Nether Wart
 * 3) Sugar

Thick potion Speed II (3:00)
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Blaze Powder
 * 3) Nether Wart
 * 4) Sugar

Dashing potion Speed III (3:00)
 * 1) Spider Eye
 * 2) Nether Wart
 * 3) Sugar
 * 4) Blaze Powder
 * 5) Ghast Tear
 * 6) Nether Wart
 * 7) Sugar
 * 8) Nether Wart

Fire Resist Potions
Thick potion

Fire Resistance (3:00)
 * 1) Magma Cream

Harmless Potions
Thick potion

Instant Health III

Fire Resist (3:00)
 * 1) Magma Cream
 * 2) Ghast Tear

Mundane potion

Speed (3:00)

Instant Health
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Ghast Tear

Thick potion

Speed II (3:00)

Fire Resistance (3:00)
 * 1) Magma Cream
 * 2) Sugar

Mundane potion

Speed (3:00)

Water breathing (3:00)
 * 1) Spider Eye
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Dilute with water

This recipe can be diluted with water endlessly to duplicate the potion.

Base Potions
Elegant potion

Instant damage III, Water breathing (3:00), and Hunger (1:30)
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Blaze Powder
 * 3) Magma Cream
 * 4) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 5) Spider Eye
 * 6) Ghast Tear

Other Potions
Dashing potion

Slowness (4:00), Instant Health II, Hunger (1:30)
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Spider Eye
 * 3) Blaze Powder

Harsh potion

Slowness (4:00), Hunger (1:30), Poison III (1:30)
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Spider Eye
 * 3) Fermented Spider Eye

Mundane potion

Resistance (3:00)
 * 1) (Spider Eye, Sugar, Nether Wart)x4

Milky potion

Slowness (4:00)
 * 1) Spider Eye
 * 2) Nether Wart
 * 3) Spider Eye