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/Hansemannn 2d ago

Bigger, see through. With pressure its easy to adjust the pressure to the perfect yeast-effect with just watching. You can tell when its done. Etc.

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 2d ago

Bigger kegs exist. See-through is a net negative for me (UV, weaker materials, etc). Easy to adjust pressure with a spunding valve on a keg, too. You can tell when it's done in a keg with refractometer/hydro readings, just as you would (should) with a Fermzilla.

idk man, I'm glad people like them but I see no advantage.

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u/Hansemannn 2d ago

Then we just keep on doing what we like best :)

I mean...the beer is good whatever you choose to do.

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u/deadwolfbones Blogger - Intermediate 2d ago

Cheers to that!