What Anne Madden has said about Lactic acid yeast in sour beer brewing
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 9, 2026
Anne Madden, Microbiologist and founder and chief scientist of the Microbe Institute, has been quoted on Lactic acid yeast in sour beer brewing 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Madden says nearly all commercial beer comes from just three microorganism species.
“all commercially produced beer you've ever had likely came from one of only three microorganism species”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 9:54
Madden says the wasp-derived yeast makes sour beer in weeks and its use is now commonplace.
“make a sour beer in record time, just a few weeks”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 10:20
Episodes
The shocking power of tiny thingsTED Radio Hour · Oct 9, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi and TED speakers Anne Madden, Lera Boroditsky, YeYoon Kim and Bart Weetjens explore how tiny things—microbes, words, moments, rats—wield outsized power.
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