Beer: the Brew Kettle, Fermenting Barrel and mugs

Beer

Grow barley and hops, malt the grain, boil it in a copper Brew Kettle over a campfire and ferment it in a Fermenting Barrel into 8 beer styles. Add one of 5 extras, discover 4 Tavern Legends, drink from glass mugs, put them on tables and clink them with friends. A Beer Journal explains it all, and hoppers can run the whole brewery. No client mods: the plugin serves its own resource pack.

How it works

Break grass in taigas and forests for Hops, and in plains and savannas for Barley; both are their own seed. Smoke barley into Malt. Fill a Brew Kettle with water, 4 grain and a hop over a campfire, wait for the boil, and pour the wort into a barrel: warm makes an ale, cold (beside ice) makes a lager. Pour mugs whenever you come back; beer only gets better as it waits. Type /beer journal for the in-game guide.

TIP: Your first beer needs only Hops: 4 vanilla Wheat make a Wheat Beer.

Wiki

Full documentation: eightl-projects.vercel.app/beer/overview

Beers, extras and legends: eightl-projects.vercel.app/beer/beers
Brewing: eightl-projects.vercel.app/beer/mechanics/brewing
Commands: eightl-projects.vercel.app/beer/commands
Config: eightl-projects.vercel.app/beer/config

Features

Crops

Barley grows like wheat; Hops climb a 3-block pole and are picked again and again
Found in grass by biome, village house chests and wandering traders

Brewing

Malt and Dark Malt from a smoker, furnace or campfire
Brew Kettle over any heat (campfire, fire, magma, lava); the timer pauses without heat
Fermenting Barrel in pale or dark wood; the right wood adds a star, and time in the barrel adds up to two more
Wall-clock timers: the brewery keeps working while the chunk is unloaded

Beers

8 styles: Wheat Beer, Crystal Wheat, Pale Ale (Hoppy: IPA), Pilsner, Red Ale, Märzen, Stout, Dark Lager
5 extras (Honey, Sugar, Cocoa, Sweet Berries, Pumpkin) that name the beer and add effects
4 secret Tavern Legends with gold names and bonus effects
Every beer gives buffs that last longer with more stars

Drinking

Glass mugs with the beer's colour, in hand and on any block (up to 4 per block)
Tipsy meter: a wobble now and then, passing out, a hangover (all switchable); bread and milk sober you up
Cheers: drink together for Luck and longer effects

Automation

The kettle's tap pours straight into a barrel
Hoppers feed the kettle and barrel and bottle aged beer; dispensers fill the kettle and harvest the crops

Everything else

Beer Journal with the brewer's guide, styles, extras, legends and recipes
Self-hosted resource pack, sent beside other plugins' packs

Requirements


Server software	Paper 26.3
Java	25
Hard dependencies	None
Resource pack	Sent on join; port 8165, or set `resource-pack.public-url`

Installation

Drop the jar into your /plugins folder
Start the server once to generate the config
Open port 8165 (TCP) for the resource pack, and tune config.yml to your liking

Commands

Command	What it does
`/beer journal`	Open the Beer Journal (everyone)

Admin commands (requires beer.admin):

Command	What it does
`/beer give <item> [amount] [player]`	Give a beer item
`/beer grow [stages]`	Grow the crops around you
`/beer place <furniture> <x> <y> <z>`	Place a kettle, barrel or mugs
`/beer skip [minutes]`	Finish a boil or age a barrel
`/beer tipsy [player] [level]`	Show or set the Tipsy level
`/beer reload`	Reload config without a restart

Configuration

One file, plugins/Beer/config.yml: crop and loot chances, brewing times, Tipsy (wobble, passing out, hangover), and the resource pack host. Each system can be switched off on its own.

Balance disclaimer

This plugin has not been heavily playtested. If something feels off, I'd genuinely like to know.

Feedback and support

Bug reports, balance feedback, and suggestions are all welcome.

Discord

Wiki

The kettle, barrel and mugs

Version	Minecraft	Loader	Download
Beer 0.1.0 0.1.0	26.3	paper, purpur	Download

Beer Brewing