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How to Craft Brewing Stand in Minecraft

Brewing Stand in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Brewing potions. Minecraft has used the name Brewing Stand since 1.0.

A Brewing Stand comes from 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones, worked on a Crafting Table. The grid takes a single Blaze Rod in the top-middle cell and three Cobblestones filling the bottom row. That comes out as 1 Brewing Stand.

Brewing Stand Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Brewing Stand is minecraft:brewing_stand. In commands the namespace may be left off, so brewing_stand works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p brewing_stand
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p brewing_stand 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve brewing_stand 1

Cheats have to be on for Brewing Stand to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

The Brewing Stand brews potions using blaze powder as fuel, water bottles as base and various ingredients for effects. Brewing Stand uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

Minecraft has used the name Brewing Stand since 1.0, the oldest release whose language file lists it. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.16.2. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the brewing stand, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with blaze rod (kill blazes in nether fortresses) and cobblestone (mine stone).

Per Stack

Empty a stack of 64 cobblestones into this and 21 brewing stands come back. The recipe wants 21 blaze rods beside it. Left over: just 1 cobblestone.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Blaze RodBlaze RodBlaze Rod1xKill blazes in nether fortresses
Cobblestone3xMine stone

To make Brewing Stand you will gather Blaze Rod (kill blazes in nether fortresses) and 3x Cobblestone (mine stone), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Blaze RodBlaze RodBlaze Rod

  2. 2

    3x Cobblestone

  3. 3

    Brewing Stand

Minecraft crafting recipe for Brewing Stand: 1 x Blaze Rod, 3 x Cobblestone in a crafting table, making 1 Brewing Stand.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 1x Blaze Rod and 3x Cobblestone. Start with the Blaze Rod: kill blazes in nether fortresses.

Uses for Brewing Stand

  • Brewing potions
  • Cleric villager job site

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Brewing Stand on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Brewing Stand in Minecraft?
a Brewing Stand asks for 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces one Brewing Stand.
Can you craft a Brewing Stand without a crafting table?
The inventory grid is too small for a Brewing Stand, so you need a table. It is laid out as a single Blaze Rod in the top-middle cell and three Cobblestones filling the bottom row, and that takes 3 columns, more than the 2x2 grid in your inventory can hold.
Where do you find the materials for a Brewing Stand?
Here is where each part of a Brewing Stand comes from. Blaze Rod: kill blazes in nether fortresses. Cobblestone: mine stone.
How many Brewing Stands do you get from one craft?
The Brewing Stand recipe makes one Brewing Stand per craft.
What is the item ID for Brewing Stand in Minecraft?
The Brewing Stand item ID is minecraft:brewing_stand, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write brewing_stand on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Brewing Stand?
Use /give @p brewing_stand to put a Brewing Stand in your own inventory, or /give @p brewing_stand 64 for a full stack of 64. Cheats have to be on.
Is the Brewing Stand recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Brewing Stand recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Brewing Stand from 1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Brewing Stand?
Minecraft 1.0 is the earliest release that spells out brewing stand. The recipe file cannot narrow that down, because recipes only became separate files in 1.12. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Blaze Rod and 3 Cobblestones in, 1 Brewing Stand out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Java 1.0 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
When the recipe last changed
Walked forward through 50 Java releases from 1.13 onwards; 1.16.2 is the last one that altered it.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Brewing Stand per craft against the stack size.

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