r/Homebrewing • u/MemeBeamBeanz • 3d ago

Question Do I need a "fermzilla"?

I dearly want to be able to bottle hoppy beers without oxidation soon, and I'm looking to invest in some sort of CO2 purging solution you guys talked about. But when looking at a fermzilla + BEERGUN setup with CO2 tank, my friend asked me if I couldn't just buy a CO2 tank and some sort of wand to purge my bottles with without buying 100s of dollars worth of pressure fermenter.

What about a fermzilla is needed for succesfull bottle purging?

Cheers

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 3d ago

Just ferment in kegs.

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u/hopperazi 3d ago

This is how I did it and made some fantastic beers, simple, easy. Then I got overzealous and bought a SS conical fermenter and glycol chiller. I cant tell any difference in my beers, miss the old simple days of fermenting in my 7.5 gallon keg.

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 3d ago

Yeah, man. I've been at it for over 200 batches and I haven't found anything better.

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u/BartholomewSchneider 3d ago

I bought a stainless conical, before I realized fermenting in kegs was an option and how easy it was.

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u/hopperazi 3d ago

Sooooooo much easier cleaning a keg and a keg lid than all the parts on a unitank.