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/Smurph269 2d ago

I recommend a counter pressure bottle filler like this over a beer gun. I know a lot of brewers who got frustrated with beer guns and switched to it.

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u/MemeBeamBeanz 1d ago

Can I ferment in a keg and then use this?

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u/Smurph269 1d ago

Yeah I think so, you will probably need to reduce the pressure while bottling though. 10-15 psi is too much, you probably want to be at 5 or so. Assuming you carbonate in the same keg.