Bottled With Bronchitis...?

[andy6026]

I was coming down with what seemed to be a common cold but wanted to get this bottling out of the way. Days later the cold gets much worse and it turns out now that I've got bad bronchitis. I was careful to be very sanitary when bottling... but is my batch now a potential health hazard to anyone that drinks it?

 

[TheSmithsEra]

I would be pissed if you gave me a beer that you bottled when you had bronchitis. Whether it was contaminated or not.

I would make the sacrifice and have to drink the whole batch myself if it was me

 

[suckmyale]

Bronchitis, cold, flu are usually caused by the same virus. The virus only survives on surfaces for 24 hours. I'm not sure how long it would last in a 'closed' environment, such as a beer bottle.

Wait until you feel better. Enjoy a couple beers and see if you get sick...if you do, rename the beer accordingly and consume when you need some time off work.

 

[rklinck]

I was coming down with what seemed to be a common cold but wanted to get this bottling out of the way. Days later the cold gets much worse and it turns out now that I've got bad bronchitis. I was careful to be very sanitary when bottling... but is my batch now a potential health hazard to anyone that drinks it?

No germs that can make us sick can live in beer. That is why people often drank beer rather than water in the days before clean water. You are good.

 

[unionrdr]

Not necessarilly. some bacteriums are very stubborn & can survive harsh environments. Botulism & e.coli can be stubborn.

 

[Hello]

I wouldn't worry but I would dip the bottle (filled and capped) in star san prior to storing just for kicks. I had a sneezing fit after bottling one day and while I covered my mouth & nose, I dunked the bottles in star san just to be sure no one got my snotty beer.

 

[brewkinger]

Unless you coughed into or licked every bottle, there will be nothing to worry about.

Odds of a single microbe making it into a bottle are very minimal and like others pointed out, NOTHING harmful can live in an alcohol containing, low pH scenario like a beer.
NOTHING!

Monks brewed it to prevent the spread of bubonic plague, dysentery and cholera.

Escherichia coli (E. Coli) is found naturally in human colons, and in fact is absolutely necessary for human digestion.
It only becomes harmful if it gets into the blood.

Look under Equipment/Sanitation forum and search "Botulism" for a thread that I found (stupid phone will not let me link back)

 

[unionrdr]

I remembered a thread from the last month or so where some college student or other mentioned what it was...Don't remember precisely,but it was def a microbe or other.

 

[Desvio]

Agree with the above, nothing will survive the inside of the bottle. But I'd play it safe and spray or dunk the outside of the bottles in sodium metabisulfite or citic acid.