diff --git a/client/admin/admin.jsx b/client/admin/admin.jsx
index 966cb8b63..9708b458a 100644
--- a/client/admin/admin.jsx
+++ b/client/admin/admin.jsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const createClass = require('create-react-class');
 
 const BrewCleanup = require('./brewCleanup/brewCleanup.jsx');
 const BrewLookup = require('./brewLookup/brewLookup.jsx');
+const BrewCompress = require ('./brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx');
 const Stats = require('./stats/stats.jsx');
 
 const Admin = createClass({
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ const Admin = createClass({
 				<BrewLookup />
 				<hr />
 				<BrewCleanup />
+				<hr />
+				<BrewCompress />
 			</div>
 		</div>;
 	}
diff --git a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5b37415a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+const React       = require('react');
+const createClass = require('create-react-class');
+const cx          = require('classnames');
+
+const request = require('superagent');
+
+
+const BrewCompress = createClass({
+	displayName : 'BrewCompress',
+	getDefaultProps(){
+		return {};
+	},
+	getInitialState() {
+		return {
+			count : 0,
+
+			pending : false,
+			primed  : false,
+			err     : null,
+			ids     : null
+		};
+	},
+	prime(){
+		this.setState({ pending: true });
+
+		request.get('/admin/finduncompressed')
+			.then((res)=>this.setState({ count: res.body.count, primed: true, ids: res.body.ids }))
+			.catch((err)=>this.setState({ error: err }))
+			.finally(()=>this.setState({ pending: false }));
+	},
+	cleanup(){
+		this.setState({ pending: true });
+		this.state.ids.forEach((id) => {
+			console.log("trying to compress this one:");
+			console.log(id);
+			request.put(`/admin/compress/${id}`)
+				.catch((err)=>this.setState({ error: err }))
+				.finally(()=>this.setState({ pending: false, primed: false }));
+		});
+	},
+	renderPrimed(){
+		if(!this.state.primed) return;
+
+		if(!this.state.count){
+			return <div className='removeBox'>No Matching Brews found.</div>;
+		}
+		return <div className='removeBox'>
+			<button onClick={this.cleanup} className='remove'>
+				{this.state.pending
+					? <i className='fa fa-spin fa-spinner' />
+					: <span><i className='fa fa-compress' /> compress </span>
+				}
+			</button>
+			<span>Found {this.state.count} Brews that could be compressed. </span>
+		</div>;
+	},
+	render(){
+		return <div className='BrewCompress'>
+			<h2> Brew Compression </h2>
+			<p>Compresses the text in brews to binary</p>
+
+			<button onClick={this.prime} className='query'>
+				{this.state.pending
+					? <i className='fa fa-spin fa-spinner' />
+					: 'Query Brews'
+				}
+			</button>
+			{this.renderPrimed()}
+
+			{this.state.error
+				&& <div className='error'>{this.state.error.toString()}</div>
+			}
+		</div>;
+	}
+});
+
+module.exports = BrewCompress;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a2bf42ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.BrewCompress{
+	.removeBox{
+		margin-top: 20px;
+		button{
+			background-color: @red;
+			margin-right: 10px;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/admin.api.js b/server/admin.api.js
index a6486a618..90732fe09 100644
--- a/server/admin.api.js
+++ b/server/admin.api.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const router = require('express').Router();
 const Moment = require('moment');
 const render = require('vitreum/steps/render');
 const templateFn = require('../client/template.js');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 process.env.ADMIN_USER = process.env.ADMIN_USER || 'admin';
 process.env.ADMIN_PASS = process.env.ADMIN_PASS || 'password3';
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ const mw = {
 };
 
 
-/* Removes all empty brews that are older than 3 days and that are shorter than a tweet */
+/* Search for brews that are older than 3 days and that are shorter than a tweet */
 const junkBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
 	'$where'  : 'this.text.length < 140',
 	createdAt : {
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ const junkBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
 	}
 }).limit(100).maxTime(60000);
 
+/* Search for brews that aren't compressed (missing the compressed text field) */
+const uncompressedBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
+	'textBin' : null
+}).limit(50).distinct('_id');
+
 router.get('/admin/cleanup', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
 	junkBrewQuery.exec((err, objs)=>{
 		if(err) return res.status(500).send(err);
@@ -58,6 +64,32 @@ router.get('/admin/lookup/:id', mw.adminOnly, (req, res, next)=>{
 	});
 });
 
+/* Find 50 brews that aren't compressed yet */
+router.get('/admin/finduncompressed', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
+	uncompressedBrewQuery.exec((err, objs)=>{
+		if(err) return res.status(500).send(err);
+		return res.json({ count: objs.length, ids: objs});
+	});
+});
+
+/* Compresses the "text" field of a brew to binary */
+router.put('/admin/compress/:id', (req, res)=>{
+	HomebrewModel.get({ _id: req.params.id })
+		.then((brew)=>{
+			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(brew.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
+			brew.text = undefined;							// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
+			
+			brew.save((err, obj)=>{
+				if(err) throw err;
+				return res.status(200).send(obj);
+			});
+		})
+		.catch((err)=>{
+			console.log(err);
+			return res.status(500).send('Error while saving');
+		});
+});
+
 router.get('/admin/stats', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
 	HomebrewModel.count({}, (err, count)=>{
 		return res.json({
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 6f137949c..9966865b1 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ router.post('/api', (req, res)=>{
 	}
 
 	newHomebrew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(newHomebrew.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-	newHomebrew.text = '';											// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
+	newHomebrew.text = undefined;									// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
 
 	newHomebrew.save((err, obj)=>{
 		if(err){
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ router.put('/api/update/:id', (req, res)=>{
 		.then((brew)=>{
 			brew = _.merge(brew, req.body);
 			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(req.body.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-			brew.text = '';										// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
+			brew.text = undefined;										// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
 			brew.updatedAt = new Date();
 
 			if(req.account) brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index e8d857982..25c7a38e1 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ HomebrewSchema.statics.get = function(query){
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{
 		Homebrew.find(query, (err, brews)=>{
 			if(err || !brews.length) return reject('Can not find brew');
-			if(!_.isUndefined(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
+			if(!_.isNil(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
 				unzipped = zlib.inflateRawSync(brews[0].textBin);
 				brews[0].text = unzipped.toString();
 			}