Alcohol Fermentation

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The basic process of alcohol fermentation shows that yeast starts off with glucose and finishes with carbon dioxide and ethanol. The first part the yeast breaks down the glucose to form 2 pyruvate molecules. This is known as glycolysis. In the second part, the 2 pyruvate molecules are converted into 2 carbon dioxide molecules and 2 molecules of ethanol, also know as alcohol. The second part is fermentation. The main purpose of alcohol fermentation is to produce ATP. The carbon dioxide and ethanol are waste products.

Alcoholic fermentation by yeast cells. In brewing, alcoholic fermentation is the conversion of sugar into carbon dioxide gas (CO2) and ethyl alcohol. This process is carried out by yeast cells using a range of enzymes.

Reflection: It surprised me how much really goes into alcohol fermentation. You have to be perfect with your steps or it all just goes down hill from there. If you mess up one thing your whole batch is trash.


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Alcohol Fermentation Demonstration

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  1. AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 10:42 AM

    Your information was pretty good, it was easy to understand. You could've had more in your reflection though. From what you did have in your reflection, I think it's crazy how if one step it messed up, it ruins everything.

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