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 and potions are now made in Brewing Stands.

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 add special effects to regular potions:
 * Fermented Spider Eye: gives negative effects and downgrade upgraded effects.
 * Glowstone (Dust): upgrades effects, but decreases their duration.
 * Nether Wart: neutral 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 Warts + Water Bottle= Awkward potion (Awkward Potion is the base potion for all positive buffs)
 * Glowstone dust + Water Bottle = Thick Potion
 * Redstone dust + Water Bottle = Mundane Potion
 * Fermented Spider Eye + Water Bottle = Potion of Weakness 1:30
 * Potion of weakness weakens the attack power of the player
 * Normal attack + wood sword on sheep = 2 hits; weak potion attack + wood sword on sheep = 4 hits

Awkward Base

 * Awkward Potion + Ghast tear = Instant Health
 * Instant Health can instantly recover lost heart without
 * Only recovers 3 hearts per potion


 * Awkward Potion + Sugar = Potion of swiftness
 * Potion of swiftness increases the movement speed of the user
 * Sprint speed and Jumping length is also increased
 * Normal jumps = 2blocks, Sprint Jumps = 3 blocks, Potion sprint jumps = 4 blocks


 * Awkward Potion + Spider Eye = Potion of Poison
 * Potion of Poison deals poison damage for the set given time
 * Just lie the cave spider poison, The poison will only bring your health down to half a heart
 * Potion of poison + Fermented Spider Eye = Potion of Harming (deals 3 heart damage)


 * Awkward Potion + Blaze Powder = Potion of strength
 * Potion of strength no apparent change in damage strength was seen
 * Normal attack + wood sword on sheep = 2 hits; Potion attack + wood sword on sheep = 2hits


 * Awkward Potion + Magma Cream = Potion of Fire Resistance
 * Potion of Fire Resistance grants total immunity to fire damage
 * Normal Fire can put you into flames but no damage will be received
 * Capability to swim in lava when Potion of Fire Resistance is active

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