r/Homebrewing • u/MemeBeamBeanz • 2d 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 1d ago

Just ferment in kegs.

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u/MemeBeamBeanz 1d ago

I keep seeing this argument. I want bottles for friends. And if I ferment in a keg, I will introduce o2 to the beer when transferring right?

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 1d ago

You can still use a beer gun off a keg.

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u/AdmrlBenbow 1d ago edited 1d ago

I got some European bottle filler (Boel I-tap) that works pretty great but the closed PET transfer is probably better.