Beer Brewing

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.

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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

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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

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Requirements

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

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Installation

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

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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

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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.

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Balance disclaimer

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

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Feedback and support

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

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