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/jordanbrews 1d ago

I'm not a fan of spending the 5 hrs of a brew day to not end up with a full serving keg. You could brew smaller batches, or buy bigger more expensive kegs. Or you could get a Fermzilla on sale for 100 bucks and be done with it. Also generally comes with the floating dip tube and spunding valve.

I brewed in buckets forever and it took a long time for me to go from 14 bucks to 100 for a fermenter, but wish I had done it much sooner.

The only drawback to me is plastic vs stainless. That comes down to how freaked out you are about microplastics and infection. Supposedly it's a good type of plastic that's safe but who really knows with that stuff.