Brewing Stand

A brewing stand is a block used for brewing potions, splash potions and lingering potions. It is a cleric's job site block generated in village churches.

Breaking
Brewing stands can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

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

A brewing stand also generates in the basement of igloos with a splash potion of Weakness in it.

Brewing stands can generate without potions in village churches.

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 need blaze powder as fuel. Each piece brews 20 batches of potions. Unlike furnaces there is no time limit for when the 20 batches are brewed.

Light source
Brewing stands emit a light level of 2.

Change profession
If a village has a brewing stand that has not been claimed by a villager, any villager who hasn't already picked a job site block in the village has a chance to change their profession into cleric.

ID




Metadata
$$, brewing stands use data values to determine what slots are filled.

Block data
A brewing stand has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Trivia

 * Even when the brewing stand is not in use, there is still smoke coming out of the top of it.
 * In Java Edition, when a brewing stand is broken, particles from a bottle appear, even if no bottle is in the stand.
 * No matter what potion (including empty and water bottles) is in the stand it always looks like a full red bottle.
 * Brewing stands 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.