How to Open a Brewing Stand in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to open a brewing stand with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, you need to open and use a brewing stand to brew in the game. Let's explore how to open a brewing stand.

Required Materials

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to open a brewing stand:

Steps to Open a Brewing Stand

1. Place the Brewing Stand

First thing, make sure that you have made a brewing stand.

brewing stand

Add the brewing stand to your hotbar so that it is an item that you can use.

Next, position your pointer (the plus sign) on the block where you want to place the brewing stand. You should see the block become highlighted in your game window.

place brewing stand

The game control to place the brewing stand depends on the version of Minecraft:

  • For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the block.
  • For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the block.
  • For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
  • For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
  • For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
  • For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the block.
  • For Education Edition, right click on the block.

Remember where you put your brewing stand because you will need to open it each time you want to brew a potion in the game.

2. Open the Brewing Stand

To open your brewing stand, you need to stand in front of it.

open brewing stand

The game control to open your Brewing Stand depends on the version of Minecraft:

  • For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the brewing stand.
  • For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the brewing stand.
  • For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
  • For PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
  • For Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
  • For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the brewing stand.
  • For Education Edition, right click on the brewing stand.

Now your brewing stand is open and you can see your brewing menu.

brewing menu

In the Brewing Stand menu, you place ingredients in the top box and the potions are created in the bottom three boxes. In newer versions of Minecraft, the brewing stand requires blaze powder to activate which is placed in the far left box.

brewing menu activated

TIP: Be sure to add items to your hotbar so that you start using your brewing stand.

Congratulations, you just learned how to open your brewing stand in Minecraft.