PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beer-taste beverage with a low ethanol content, having excellent beer taste and acidity with a suppressed malt odor.SOLUTION: A malt extract-containing beer-taste beverage includes the following components (A) and (B): (A) proline and (B) 0.0001 to 0.5 mass% of alcohols having 3 to 7 carbon atoms with a mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (A), i.e. [(B)/(A)], of 0.005 to 1000, having a pH of 3 to 4, with an ethanol content of less than 1 mass%.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】麦芽臭が抑制され、かつかつ良好なビアテイストを奏し酸味の良好なエタノール低含有のビアテイスト飲料を提供すること。【解決手段】次の成分(A)及び(B);(A)プロリン、及び(B)炭素数3~7のアルコール 0.0001~0.5質量%を含有し、成分(A)と成分(B)との質量比〔(B)/(A)〕が0.005~1000であり、且つ、pH3~4である、エタノール含有量が1質量%未満の麦芽エキス含有ビアテイスト飲料。【選択図】なし