🧪 Introduction to Brewing

Brewing on Charged Gaming expands on vanilla mechanics by introducing custom drinks and new brewing methods. This system allows you to create unique beverages like Coffee, Potato Soup, or even Tequila, using in-game ingredients and heat-based fermentation.

🔥 Fermenting Basics

The first step in brewing is fermentation. This transforms your raw ingredients into base drinks.

🧾 How to Ferment:

Set up the brewing cauldron:
- Place a Cauldron over a heat source:
  - Valid sources: Fire, Lava, Magma Block, etc.
Add water:
- Right-click the cauldron with a water bucket to fill it.
Add ingredients:
- Right-click with the correct ingredient(s) to add them to the cauldron.
Check brew time:
- Right-click the cauldron with a Clock to view how long the drink has been fermenting.
Collect the drink:
- Once the time is right, use Glass Bottles to collect the finished beverage.

🔁 Distilling

Some custom brews require distillation to refine the fermented product into a usable or higher-quality drink.

🧾 How to Distill:

Insert the fermented drink
- Place the fermented bottle into the bottom slot of a Brewing Stand.
Insert the filter
- Place Glowstone Dust into the top slot as a filter.
- ⚠️ The Glowstone Dust will not be consumed.
Wait for the process to complete
- Once done, your drink will be distilled and ready for the next stage (aging or consumption).

🕰️ Aging

Most drinks must age to improve their quality, or even to become drinkable at all.

🧾 How to Age a Drink:

Use a Barrel
- A default Minecraft Barrel functions as an Oak Barrel
  
  ➤ Holds up to 6 drinks.
Sign the Barrel (Required)
- Attach a sign to the barrel to activate the aging process.
  
  ➤ Without a sign, the barrel won’t age brews.
Wait (IRL Time = In-Game Years)
- Every 20 minutes IRL equals 1 year aged.
- Different drinks may require specific wood types for aging.
  
  ➤ For this, you'll need a multi-block barrel structure made of the correct material.
Avoid Spoiling
- Drinks can spoil if aged too long or not enough.
  
  ➤ Timing is critical to get the best quality brew.

Known Recipes

Recipe	Ingredients	Boiling Time (Real Time)	Distilling / # of Runs Needed / Distilling Time in Seconds	Ageing (Minecraft Days) & Type of Barrel Needed	Alcohol Content (0-100) 100 points = the player faints	Effects (Effect Level) / Duration
Beer	6 Wheat	8 Minutes	No	3 Days / Any Wood	6
Wheat Beer	3 Wheat	8 Minutes	No	2 Days/ Birch Wood	5
Dark Beer	6 Wheat	8 Minutes	No	7 Days/ Dark Oak Wood	7
Red Wine	5 Sweet Berries	5 Minutes	No	20 Days / Any Wood	8
Mead	6 Sugar Cane	3 Minutes	No	4 Days / Oak Wood	9
Apple Mead	6 Sugar Cane & 2 Apples	4 Minutes	No	4 Days / Oak Wood	11	Water Breathing 1-2 /150
Apple Cider	14 Apples	7 Minutes	No	3 Days / Any Wood	14
Apple Liquor	12 Apples	16 Minutes	Yes / 3 Runs / 0 Seconds	6 Days / Acacia Wood	14
Whiskey	10 Wheat	10 Minutes	Yes / 2 Runs / 50 Seconds	18 Days / Spruce Wood	26
Rum	18 Sugar Cane	6 Minutes	Yes / 2 runs / 30 Seconds	14 Days / Oak Wood	30	Fire Resistance 1 /20-100 & Poison 0-1 /0-30
Vodka	10 Potatoes	15 Minutes	Yes / 3 runs / 0 Seconds	No Ageing / Any Wood	20	Weakness 1/15 & Poison 1/10
Mushroom Vodka	10 Potatoes & 3 Red Mushrooms & 3 Brown Mushrooms	18 Minutes	Yes / 5 Runs / 0 Seconds	No Ageing / Any Wood	18	Weakness 1/80 & Confusion 1/27 & Night Vision 1/50-80 &Blindness 1/2-12 & Slow 1/3-10
Gin	9 Wheat & 6 Blue Flowers & 1 Apple	6 Minutes	Yes / 2 Runs / 0 Seconds	No Ageing / Any Wood	20
Tequila	8 Cactus	15 Minutes	Yes / 2 Runs / 0 Seconds	12 Days / Birch Wood	20
Absinthe	15 Grass	3 Minutes	Yes / 6 Runs / 80 Seconds	No Ageing / Any Wood	42	Poison 1/15-25
Green Absinthe	17 Grass & 2 Poisonous Potatoes	5 Minutes	Yes / 6 Runs / 85 Seconds	No Ageing / Any Wood	46	Poison 1/25-40 & Harm /2 & Night Vision 1/40-60
Potato Soup	5 Potatoes & 3 Grass	3 Minutes	No	No Ageing / Any Wood	0	Heal /0-1
Coffee	12 Cocoa Beans & 2 Buckets of Milk	2 Minutes	No	No Ageing / Any Wood	-6	Regeneration 1/2-5 & Speed 1/30-140
Eggnog	5 Eggs & 2 Sugar & 1 Bucket of Milk	2 Minutes	No	3 Days / Any Wood	10