Provided is a beer-taste beverage having sharp “nodogoshi”, a method for producing the beer-taste beverage, and a method for improving “nodogoshi” of the beer-taste beverage. The beer-taste beverage according to the present invention has an a* value in an L*a*b* color system of 1.0 or more, and a bitterness unit is 25 or more. The method for producing the beer-taste beverage according to the present invention includes producing the beverage so that the a* value in the L*a*b* color system is 1.0 or more and the bitterness unit is 25 or more. The method for improving “nodogoshi” of the beer-taste beverage according to the present invention is a method for improving “nodogoshi” of the beer-taste beverage wherein the beer-taste beverage is prepared so that the a* value in the L*a*b* color system is 1.0 or more and the bitterness unit is 25 or more.
