Provided is a beer-taste beverage in which oxidized soy sauce odor is reduced, a method for producing the beer-taste beverage, and a method for improving aroma 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 an acetate ester content of 2.0 mg/L 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 acetate ester content is 2.0 mg/L or more. In the method for improving the aroma of the beer-taste beverage according to the present invention, 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 acetate ester content is 2.0 mg/L or more.
