Brewing Stand

A Brewing Stand is a block used for brewing potions, splash potions and, as of 15w33a, lingering potions.

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

Natural generation
As of, brewing stands generate in end cities. They can have two Instant Health II potions in their holders.

Usage
Brewing stands cannot be pushed by pistons.

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

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.

Trivia

 * Even when the brewing stand is not in use, there is still smoke coming out of the top of it.
 * When a brewing stand is broken, particles from the bottle will appear, even if no bottle is in the stand.
 * No matter what potion is in the stand it always looks red.
 * Brewing stands will always face east, no matter what direction it was placed.
 * Even if there is an empty bottle in the brewing stand, it will still look like there is water in it.