Brewing with BreweryX
Ferment, distill, and age custom drinks using cauldrons, brewing stands, and barrels. Quality matters â the better your technique the better the brew.
What you'll learn
- âEvery brew starts in a water-filled cauldron with fire underneath
- âUse a Clock to check cooking time â timing is critical for quality
- âSome recipes also need distilling (Brewing Stand + Glowstone) and/or barrel aging
- âSeal brews with /brew seal before selling them in a shop
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Ferment in a cauldron
Water cauldron + fire underneath â add ingredients â check time with a Clock â bottle with Glass Bottles
- Place a cauldron and fill it with water (right-click with a water bucket).
- Light a fire or campfire directly under the cauldron.
- Hold each ingredient and right-click the cauldron to add it.
- Right-click the cauldron with a Clock to check elapsed minutes.
- When time is up, right-click with Glass Bottles to collect â you get 3 bottles per batch.
â ī¸Timing is everything. Cooking too long or too short lowers quality. Most recipes have a 1â2 minute window â use the Clock. - 2
Distill (some recipes only)
Recipes with Distill > 0: Brewing Stand + Glowstone Dust, run exactly N times
Check the recipe table â if Distill > 0, the bottled brew must pass through a Brewing Stand.
- Place your bottled brew in the top slot of a Brewing Stand.
- Add Glowstone Dust as the ingredient.
- Run it exactly the number of times the recipe requires.
â ī¸Too few or too many distillations both reduce quality. Count carefully. - 3
Age in a barrel (some recipes only)
Recipes with Age > 0: build a barrel, fill it, wait â 1 Minecraft year â 20 real minutes
If Age > 0, the brew must sit in a barrel for that many Minecraft years. Wood type matters.
Small barrel (8 slots):
- Arrange 8 Wood Stairs in an L-shape (2 wide à 2 high on two sides).
- Place a Sign on the bottom-left stair â write
Barrelon line 1. - Right-click the sign to open storage.
Large barrel (26 slots):
- Build a 5Ã4Ã2 structure from Wood Planks and Stairs.
- Attach a Fence to the front as a tap.
- Place a Sign on the fence â write
Barrelon line 1. - Right-click the fence sign to open.
âšī¸1 Minecraft year = 1 Minecraft day â 20 real minutes. A recipe needing 4 years takes ~80 real minutes. - 4
Check your drunkenness
/brew info â eat Bread or drink Milk to sober up faster
Run
/brew infoto see your drunkenness level and the quality of the brew in your hand.To sober up faster: eat Bread, drink Milk, or eat a Golden Apple.
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Sell your brews
Hold brew â /brew seal â required before placing in a QuickShop chest
/brew sealThis locks the quality rating on the brew so buyers can see exactly what they're getting. Unsealed brews cannot be listed in shops.
Quick Reference
Commands at a glance
/brew infoCheck your current drunkenness and the quality of the brew in your hand./brew sealSeal a brew so it can be placed in a QuickShop chest for sale./brew unlabelRemove the quality label from a potion.đĄ Tips & Tricks
- âThe clock trick is critical â right-click the cauldron with a Clock to check the exact elapsed minutes.
- âWood type matters for aged brews. Using the wrong wood produces poor quality even if timing is perfect.
- âOne Minecraft year = one Minecraft day â 20 real minutes.
- âYou can brew up to 3 bottles from one cauldron batch.
- âNon-alcoholic brews like Coffee and Hot Chocolate are great for new players â no drunkenness risk.
- âThe Gin recipe uses Blue Flowers (Cornflowers) as an ingredient.