Better Brewing Fuels

Ever wanted to use something other than Blaze Powder to fuel your Brewing Stand? Now you can.

What It Does

Better Brewing Fuels makes the minecraft:brewing_stand_fuel item tag actually work. Vanilla Minecraft ignores this tag entirely. The Brewing Stand only accepts Blaze Powder, hardcoded. This mod changes that so any item added to the tag can be used as fuel, providing 20 brew charges just like Blaze Powder.

For Modpack Developers

This mod does nothing on its own — it's a framework for modpacks and datapacks to define custom brewing fuels. Add items to the minecraft:brewing_stand_fuel tag and they'll just work:

Via Datapack:

  {
    "replace": false,
    "values": [
      "mymod:custom_fuel_item"
    ]
  }

Via KubeJS:

  ServerEvents.tags("item", (event) =&gt; {
    event.add("minecraft:brewing_stand_fuel", "mymod:custom_fuel_item");
  });

Blaze Powder continues to work as fuel by default. This mod only adds functionality, it doesn't remove anything.

Features

Fuel slot accepts any item in the minecraft:brewing_stand_fuel tag
Shift-click and hopper insertion work correctly with custom fuels
Each custom fuel item provides 20 brew charges (same as Blaze Powder)
Blaze Powder is included in the tag by default
Fully data-driven — no config needed, just add items to the tag
Lightweight with no dependencies beyond Forge

Better Brewing Stand Fuels