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The kind of alcohol we drink is called ethanol. When people have any alcoholic drink they consume quantities of ethanol. Ethanol is a by-product of the fermentation process (when yeast and sugar are mixed together and react). Ethanol dissolves easily in water, so it can be rapidly absorbed from the digestive tract and circulate throughout the body in the blood.