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 that generates in village churches.

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

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

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

Brewing stands can generate without potions in village temples.

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 will brew 20 batches of potions.

Light source
Brewing stands emit a light level of 1.

Change profession
If a village has a brewing stand and there is no cleric villager, any villager who hasn't already picked a job site block in the village has a chance to change their profession into cleric.

Block data
In Bedrock Edition, brewing stands use data values to determine what slots are filled.

Block entity
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 (because of the hot blaze rod at the center).
 * When a brewing stand is broken, particles from a bottle will appear, even if no bottle is in the stand.
 * No matter what potion (including empty and water bottles) is in the stand it will always look like a full red bottle.
 * Brewing stands will 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.