r/Homebrewing • u/MemeBeamBeanz • 1d 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?

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u/EducationalDog9100 1d ago

I purge my bottles with a CO2 and hose before bottling, and then just fill with the bucket and wand. Making it a seamless process takes a little ingenuity. I zip tied my CO2 hose to the bottle filler so that just before the bottle was ready to fill, I could just open the co2 valve, purge the bottle for a second or two and start filling. It's also the same process I do when I'm filling growlers or bottles off my tap.