PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fermented malt beverage having a low utilization ratio of malt to fermentation raw materials, and a strong body taste and an elegant fragrance regardless of low malt off-flavor.SOLUTION: The fermented malt beverage: has less than 25 mass% ratio of malt to fermentation raw materials, 9-13 ppt dimethyl trisulfide content and 4-8 ppb linalool content as an embodiment has 10-12 ppt dimethyl trisulfide content as another embodiment has 6-8 ppb linalool content as a different embodiment is obtained by using hop as a raw material as a separate embodiment and contains dimethyl trisulfide or linalool as a raw material thereof as a discrete embodiment.
