Brewing device for preparing a hot beverage, in particular an automated coffee machine, wherein the brewing device has the following: a hot water supply device with an outlet for hot water; a brewing unit for carrying out a brewing process for preparing a brewed hot beverage, which has a fluid outlet line and is configured for receiving hot water from the hot water supply device during the brewing process and for dispensing the brewed hot beverage through a fluid outlet line into a hot beverage outlet; a hot water bypass line; a controllable hot water switching device (50, 50A) which is configured for temporarily connecting the hot water bypass line to the outlet of the hot water supply device so that hot water is enabled to be supplied from the hot water supply device into the hot water bypass line, wherein the hot water bypass line extends in such a way that hot water supplied in the hot water bypass line is enabled to be dispensed into the hot beverage outlet; a control unit for controlling the hot water switching device (50, 50A), characterized in that the hot beverage outlet comprises at least one hot beverage dispensing line, wherein the fluid outlet line opens into the at least one hot beverage dispensing line downstream of the brewing unit such that the brewed hot beverage is enabled to be dispensed through the at least one hot beverage dispensing line of the hot beverage outlet, and wherein the hot water bypass line opens into the at least one hot beverage dispensing line downstream of the hot water switching device (50, 50A), such that hot water is enabled to be dispensed through the at least one hot beverage dispensing line of the hot beverage outlet. a hot water supply device with an outlet for hot water; a brewing unit for carrying out a brewing process for preparing a brewed hot beverage, which has a fluid outlet line and is configured for receiving hot water from the hot water supply device during the brewing process and for dispensing the brewed hot beverage through a fluid outlet line into a hot beverage outlet; a hot water bypass line; a controllable hot water switching device (50, 50A) which is configured for temporarily connecting the hot water bypass line to the outlet of the hot water supply device so that hot water is enabled to be supplied from the hot water supply device into the hot water bypass line, wherein the hot water bypass line extends in such a way that hot water supplied in the hot water bypass line is enabled to be dispensed into the hot beverage outlet; a control unit for controlling the hot water switching device (50, 50A), characterized in that the hot beverage outlet comprises at least one hot beverage dispensing line, wherein the fluid outlet line opens into the at least one hot beverage dispensing line downstream of the brewing unit such that the brewed hot beverage is enabled to be dispensed through the at least one hot beverage dispensing line of the hot beverage outlet, and wherein the hot water bypass line opens into the at least one hot beverage dispensing line downstream of the hot water switching device (50, 50A), such that hot water is enabled to be dispensed through the at least one hot beverage dispensing line of the hot beverage outlet.