During the brewing process, the compound that is converted into alcohol is glucose. Yeast ferments the glucose, converting it into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide.
During the brewing process, the compound sugar is changed into alcohol. This process is known as fermentation and is performed by yeast. Yeast consumes the sugar and produces alcohol and carbon dioxide as a by-product.
During the brewing process, the compound that is changed into alcohol is sugar (specifically glucose and fructose). This process is called fermentation and it is caused by yeast consuming the sugars and converting them into ethanol (alcohol) and carbon dioxide. The type of yeast and the length of fermentation time can affect the flavor and alcohol content of the final product.
A mole of glucose is converted into two moles of ethanol and two moles of carbon dioxide during the process of alcoholic fermentation, which produces two moles of ATP.
In the process, yeasts break molecules of pyruvate, leading to the metabolism of glucose referred to as glycolysis into sugars or starch down to molecules of carbon dioxide and alcohol. Alcoholic fermentation produces beer and wine.