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Can You Ferment Pasta Into Alcohol? 🍝🥃 A curious experiment from American Copper Works on starch conversion, hydrometers, and what noodles can teach us about mashing science. Jump to: Introduction What You’ll Need Step 1 — Boil & Overcook Step 2 — Iodine Starch Test Step 3 — Enzyme Conversion Step 4 — Hydrometer Reading Results & Takeaways FAQ Related Articles About the Author Newsletter Introduction We set out to answer a wild question: Can pasta noodles be converted into fermentable sugars? Using small-to-medium macaroni, a beer/wine hydrometer, and amylase enzyme powder, we ran a controlled test to measure gravity...