Forgot to sterilise bottles!

[demmeister]

Just bottled up 120 bottles of beer today and in the midst of it all, neglected to disinfect 40 of the bottles!
Obviously they were thoroughly cleaned but I'm thinking that the implications of not sterilising them might be a wasted 40 bottles

Does anyone know what I should be looking out for or if I should just bin the lot?

Thanks for any advice

[barneey]

I would wait and see what happens after they have conditioned, either an off taste or a beer shower will tell you more later down the line.....

[Ink]

I will probably get short shrift for this but, back when I was a lad, we never sterilised anything! Everything was kept in the kitchen drawer and only washed with fairy liquid.

Oddly, I am really anal about sterilised stuff now, but back then I don't recall losing a brew to infection.

If anyone asks, I've gone to get my tin hat!

[demmeister]

Thanks for the comments. I'll keep an eye on them and see if anything suspect happens...

[masterosouffle]

I would suggest keeping them safely covered and away from anything / anyone valuable! Even if only one or two end up infected, bottle bombs can be dangerous and damaging.

[Eadweard]

Post fermentation beer isn't very hospitable to bugs so you might get away with it. Drink them first though!

[Dr. Dextrin]

I'm a relatively recent convert to sterilising bottles. I used to just rinse them and never had a problem, but now I'm older I guess I'm more risk averse.

They'll probably be fine. If you're really worried just drink those ones first.