The purpose of the present invention is to provide a beer-taste alcoholic beverage having a rich
flavor, a favorable
aftertaste, and a favorable amount of
flavor. The present invention provides: a beer-taste alcoholic beverage in which the total concentration of free carboxymethyllysine (CML), free carboxyethyllysine (
CEL), and free
methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone-1 (MG-H1) is 280-1,400 ppb; and a beer-taste alcoholic beverage in which the total concentration of free CML, free
CEL, and free MG-H1 is 280-1,600 ppb, the total concentration of bound CML, bound
CEL, and bound MG-H1 is 150-900 ppb, and the bound CML, the bound CEL, and the bound MG-H1 are included in
a peptide fraction having a molecular weight of 1,060-3,080 Da (gel
filtration method for
HPLC analysis).