Title: Alcohol - The Straight Facts Author(s): Heather Lehr Wagner Pages: 104 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications Publication date: 2003 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0791072592 ISBN-13: Description: Alcohol is defined as a colorless liquid obtained either synthetically or naturally, through the fermentation of certain carbohydrates (that is, transformation of carbohydrates to alcohol by means of enzyme activity). The colorless liquid we often describe as “alcohol”—the one that is used in beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages—is known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol. It is created when yeast spores cause sugars to ferment.