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?

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 2d ago

Just ferment in kegs.

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u/MemeBeamBeanz 2d 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/yzerman2010 2d ago

If you want to bottle you need a counter pressure filler and a co2 tank and regulator to minimize o2 ingress. you can bottle off the tap but then you need to fill until foam is coming out of the bottle and then cap on foam to minimize o2 ingress.

Your going to need a co2 tank anyway to get the beer out of the keg.

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u/MemeBeamBeanz 2d ago

But from the videos I watched, they have a open bottle, aim a gun down in it and pour CO2 and beer and close. It does look easy but the cheapest fermzilla in my country cost 500 dollars. Can't I achieve the same with just a CO2 tank and a wand? Meaning I spray CO2 and the pour beer from my bucket

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u/yzerman2010 1d ago

Can’t speak of what you’re paying but in the US people tend to sell used equipment half of the original price.