Fermzilla

[foxy]

Long term, you want to find a way to replace your CO2 with compressed air for testing / cleaning. I'm lucky and have an air compressor, but i bet you could also use a bike pump too. Save you loads of CO2 going forward.

Also fill it with water almost to the top.

 

[Neil Whittaker]

Not to hijack the thread, but would there be any reason i should use demijohns and not my fermzilla for my first cider?

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Also fill it with water almost to the top.

Yes I've realised that it uses less gas if you have more water in as it only fills the empty space with gas. Gonna watch the video though, thanks.

 

[stripeyjoe]

Long term, you want to find a way to replace your CO2 with compressed air for testing / cleaning. I'm lucky and have an air compressor, but i bet you could also use a bike pump too. Save you loads of CO2 going forward.

You can get a 5l garden sprayer from Wilkos (https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-water-sprayer-5l/p/0338924), cut the spray head off and stick a carbonation cap disconnect on it. Great for both pressure testing and also filling with star-san and forcing through kegs etc. I use one to do all the prep and then use CO2 to finally push the steriliser out and purge before storing.

 

[Davegase]

You can get a 5l garden sprayer from Wilkos (https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/wilko-water-sprayer-5l/p/0338924), cut the spray head off and stick a carbonation cap disconnect on it. Great for both pressure testing and also filling with star-san and forcing through kegs etc. I use one to do all the prep and then use CO2 to finally push the steriliser out and purge before storing.

I've got two of those, I keep one filled with sanitizer (chemsan) and the other I use for cleaner (sodium percarbonate) and fresh water for flushing. Also by using a jumper made by connecting 2 plastic kegland carbonating caps back-to-back with a piece of beer line hose, they can be used for cleaning and sanitizing your beer lines regularly !