Brewing

While you can still make vanilla Minecraft potions normally, **brewing** in the Triumvirate has been significantly expanded through the use of the Brewery plugin. Many new, custom potions have been added, including alcoholic beverages.

## How to Brew

Unlike normal Minecraft, brewing in the Triumvirate is not as simple as adding ingredients to a brewing stand. Depending on the recipe the process can be difficult and time consuming. You may need to be more precise when it comes to ingredients or fermentation of some recipes, while others may have a bit more leniency. If one step was not good enough, the quality of the potion may suffer, leading to side effects such as poor quality alcohol and other negative status effects.

### Fermenting

   Step one of the brewing process consists of fermenting fresh ingredients in a cauldron.

1. Place a cauldron over a fire, to allow the ingredients to properly cook
2. Fill the cauldron with water
3. Add ingredients to the cauldron by right-clicking
4. Wait a few minutes while the ingredients ferment
5. Fill glass bottles with the cauldron's contents

You can click the cauldron with a clock to see how long it has been fermenting for.

### Distilling

Distilling is the process of increasing the alcohol content of a drink. Some recipes may not require you to distill the brew.

1. Put the bottles with ferment into a brewing stand
2. Place glowstone dust as a filter into the top slot of the brewing stand (The glowstone dust is not consumed)

You do not need to add blaze powder to the brewing stand as you normally would.

### Aging

You use a barrel to age potions. Some potions may not require this step. Some brews may also require that they are aged in a barrel made from a certain type of wood.

##### Aging in a Minecraft Barrel | Six Slots

The default Minecraft-Barrel can be used for aging a few brews. Simply craft and place the barrel and put your potions inside (up to a maximum of six potions at a time). For the purposes of woodtype, these barrels are considered oak.

##### Aging in a Small Barrel | Nine Slots

Use eight wooden stair blocks in a barrel shape to create a small barrel. All stairs must be the same wood type. Place a sign on the barrel with the word "Barrel" written on it. A message saying "Barrel created" should then appear. You may destroy the sign after this. This barrel can age nine brews at a time.

##### Aging in a Large Barrel | 27 Slots

Using 16 wooden stairs, 18 wooden planks, and 5 wooden fences, a large barrel that can age 27 brews at once can be created. Place a sign on the barrel with the word "Barrel" written on it. A message saying "Barrel created" should then appear. You may destroy the sign after this.

Open a barrel by clicking on it like you would any other container. Every Minecraft day(20 minutes), the brew will age one year.

## Drinking

The amount of alcohol inside a brew will be applied to the player upon consumption. Depending on the alcohol's quality different effects and durations may apply.

* You may not be able to walk properly anymore
* Chat messages will be altered
* You may vomit soul sand (if it's in your inventory)
* Effects like blindness, poison, or nausea may occur
* If you log off while drunk, you may wake up with negative effects from hangover
* Additionally, if you log off while drunk, you may need to try multiple times to reconnect, and may wake up at /home with no idea how you got there

## Brew Sealing

In order to sell brews through the shop plugin, they must be equalized to other similar potions. This is done on a brew sealing table, crafted using two bottles over four planks. Sealed brews cannot be aged or modified any further and don't show their details anymore.

## Brewing Recipes

In order to discover brewing recipes you have to experiment with different ingredients and fermentation times. You can also ask experienced brewers for hints. Many of the brews are based upon their real counterparts (Beer in real life is typically made from wheat, so in Minecraft wheat is also used). If you're looking for recipes that have been revealed, take a look at the Smudged Scrap of Paper for the recipes you seek.