Brewing Stand

A brewing stand is a block used for brewing potions, splash potions and lingering potions.

Obtaining
Brewing stands can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.

Natural generation
Brewing stands generate in end ships. They have two Instant Health II potions in their holders.

A brewing stand will also generate in the basement of igloos, having a splash potion of Weakness in it.

Usage
Brewing stands cannot be pushed by pistons.

By default, the GUI of a brewing stand is labeled "Brewing Stand", but this name can be customized by naming it in an anvil before placing it.



Brewing
The main purpose of brewing stands is to allow for the brewing of potions. Its interface can be opened by pressing on them.

Brewing stands require blaze powder to operate, with each piece fueling 20 operations.

Light source
Brewing stands emit a light level of 1.

Block data
The bottom three bits are bit flags for which bottle slots actually contain bottles.

Block entity
A brewing stand has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block. The brewing stand's block entity ID is.

Trivia

 * Even when the brewing stand is not in use, there is still smoke coming out of the top of it (because of the hot blaze rod at the center).
 * When a brewing stand is broken, particles from the bottle will appear, even if no bottle is in the stand.
 * No matter what potion (including empty and water bottles) is in the stand it will always look like a full red bottle.
 * Brewing stands will always face east, no matter what direction it was placed.
 * According to Searge, blaze powder being used as fuel was added as a way to not destroy the game progression because there is a brewing stand beneath the igloo, preventing the player from using it before going to the Nether.