Vol. 9, Issue 5 (2020)

Author(s):
Dr. Chinky Goyal, Dr. Amrit Malik, Dr. Sudhir Malik, Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta and Dr. Rimpaljeet Kaur

Abstract:
Brewery industry is one among huge, enormously profitable agricultural industries which developed from ancient knowledge from many different cultures around the world. Fermentation is a chemical process by which molecules such as glucose are broken down anaerobically. Several types of microorganisms (including yeast and some bacteria) have been known to be involved in the process of fermentation. Present review of Fermentation include the etymology, definition, various theories propounded for fermentation, detailed classification, the science of fermentation engineering is detailed in terms of range of fermentation process, component parts of fermentation process with a schematic diagram and steps of fermentation in both alcoholic and acidic fermentation.