Brewing

Brewing is the method by which many potions are made in Minecraft. It is a function that will first be made available in Beta 2.0.(Possible 1.9) 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.

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 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
 * Mushrooms

Health Potions
Mundane potion Instant Health
 * 1) Ghast Tear

Mundane potion Instant Health II
 * 1) Slimeballs
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Nether Wart

Thick potion Instant Health III
 * 1) Ghast Tear
 * 2) Sugar
 * 3) Nether Wart
 * 4) Blaze Powder

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

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

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
Thick potion

Amplifies speed, health and fire resistance. Hunger (1:30) is a very common side-effect. Recipes using Blaze Powder cannot be made.
 * 1) Sugar
 * 2) Fermented Spider Eye
 * 3) Dilute with water (can be performed an infinite number of times to duplicate)
 * 4) Nether Wart

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