Brewing Stand

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

Breaking
A brewing stand 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


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 stands cannot be pushed by pistons $$.

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, with each stage of brewing counting separately. Unlike furnaces, there is no time limit; fuel is consumed only when there are bottles and an an ingredient to brew into it.

Brewing stands interact with hoppers as follows:


 * They accept brewing ingredients from hoppers pointing down into the top.
 * Any valid potion recipe can be preloaded for "hands-free" brewing of a complex recipe, with the nether wart falling through into the stand for the first step.
 * Bottles and fuel are accepted from hoppers pointing into the side.
 * Finished products can be pulled out by hoppers below, but each stage of brewing counts as a batch of "finished" potions.

Changing 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.

Light source
Brewing stands emit a light level of 1.

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.




 * See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.
 * See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

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 water bottles) is in the stand it always looks like a full red bottle.
 * Brewing stands always face east, no matter what direction they are placed.
 * According to Searge, blaze powder being used as fuel was added as a way to not destroy the game progression, as a brewing stand was added beneath the igloo, to prevent the player from using it before going to the Nether.