PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beer-like drink low in the risk of microorganism contamination and a method for producing the same.SOLUTION: The method for producing the beer-like drink, including a process for adding the oxidation component (S-fraction) of an α-acid and the α-acid, and inhibiting the proliferation of Pectinatus bacterium in the produced drink. The method for producing the beer-like drink, wherein the beer-like drink is a beer-like fermented alcohol drink, and the Pectinatus bacterium is Pectinatus frisingensis or Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus.