Fermentation is the metabolic process through which a microorganism transforms a carbohydrate such as starch or sugar into an alcohol or acid.
Yeast, for example, ferments sugar into alcohol to obtain energy.
Ethanol fermentation is a process in which pyruvate (a byproduct of glucose metabolism) is broken down into ethanol and carbon dioxide by yeast and bacteria.
Many more alcohols can be generated in this way, but synthetic ways are more likely used.
Therefore, alcohol is produced with the help offermentation.