Brewing

Brewing is a fun way to enhance your Hellominers experience! HelloMiners uses DieReicheErethons's Brewery Plugin to provide all sorts of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, which can made into a business, or reserved just for personal consumption. Brewing is regulated by the HelloMiners Brewery Department.

What You'll Need:

Cauldron: Place above a campfire or lit netherrack.
Brewing Stand: Add glowstone dust in the top slot (not consumed).
Barrel: Custom-made or with a vanilla barrel.
Fire Source: Campfire or lit netherrack.
Empty Bottles: To store your brews.
Sealing Table: Standardize drinks for sale (details below).

Using the Cauldron

To brew, fill a cauldron with water and add ingredients according to a recipe. For example, to make Strong Coffee:

Add 12 cocoa beans and 2 buckets of milk.
Cook for 2 minutes.
Monitor progress by right-clicking the cauldron with a vanilla clock.
Bottle the brew (3 bottles per cauldron batch).
Check the quality (1 to 5 stars) based on recipe accuracy and timing.

Distilling with a Brewing Stand

Drinks like vodka require distillation after brewing. For Russian Vodka:

Brew with 10 potatoes for 15 minutes.
Bottle the resulting "potato mash."
Place it in a brewing stand with glowstone dust in the top slot to distill.
Distill multiple times if the recipe requires it (e.g., vodka needs three rounds).

Aging Drinks in Barrels

Some drinks, like rum, require aging. To age drinks:

Use a vanilla barrel, or build a custom barrel (different sizes & wood variants)
Add your distilled drink to the barrel (click the sign).
Age for the specified time (1 year = 1 Minecraft day = 20 minutes).
Monitor progress by clicking the barrel to check the aging lore.

Tips:

Don't store aged drinks in vanilla barrels, as they continue aging and may spoil. Use chests instead.

Sealing and Selling Drinks

To sell drinks effectively:

Craft a Brew Sealing Table (4 planks in a 2x2 + 2 glass bottles above).
Place drinks into the table to assign them the same item ID.
Verify the item code with /iteminfo, or press F3 + H to turn on advanced tooltips and hover over the drinks in your inventory.

To set up a chest shop:

Place a chest and a sign.
Place the drinks inside the chest.
Format the sign:
- Leave the first line blank (it will auto-fill your username)
- Second line: Amount
- Third line: Price
- Fourth line: Enter "?" (to auto-detect the item ID of the drinks).

Brewing Companies & Custom Drinks

Brewery Requirements

To have a certified brewery, the brewery must:

Be at least 200 square blocks (e.g., 10x20 area). Multiple floors are allowed.
Include 4 large barrels and 6 distillers/cauldrons.
Be visually appealing and approved by a member of the Brewery Commission.

Bar Requirements

To run an approved bar, the bar must:

Sell more than six drinks.
Provide seating for at least three people.
Be 100 square blocks in size and visually appealing.

General Rules

A brewery may supply up to three certified bars owned by the brewery. Other unaffiliated bars may also be supplied.
Attempting to produce another company’s private drink results in a fine of 25% of the recipe purchase cost. Repeat offenses incur additional fines.
Leaking private recipes results in a F5,000 penalty to change the recipe. Owners are responsible for keeping recipes secure.

Drink Pricing

Non-Alcoholic Drinks: F5,000
Cocktails/Light Drinks (1-20 alcohol): F15,000
Liquor (21-40 alcohol): F20,000
Hard Liquor (41-60 alcohol): F25,000
Liver Failure Drinks (61-80 alcohol): F30,000
Drinks Above 80 Alcohol: Not allowed

Getting Certified

To apply for a brewery or bar certification, go to the Hellominers Discord and under the Brewery Department category, create a ticket in the Brewery and Bar Certification channel.

Custom Drinks

Brewing companies may create up to five custom drinks.
Custom drinks must be approved by the Brewery Department to avoid conflicts with existing drinks.

To fill out a custom drink application, go to the Hellominers Discord and under the Brewery Department category, create a ticket in the Custom Drink Application channel.

Getting started with Breweries