Alcoholic beverage, production method of alcoholic beverage, and flavor improving method of alcoholic beverage.

Problem to be solved. To provide an alcoholic beverage having an acrid aftertaste and an alcoholic smell reduced, a production method of an alcoholic beverage, and a flavor improving method of an alcoholic beverage. Solution. An alcoholic beverage of the invention has an absorbance of 0.010 or less at 500 nm wavelength and contains limonene of 0.4-1.5 ppm and α-terpinene. A production method of the alcoholic beverage having an absorbance of 0.010 or less at 500 nm wavelength includes a step of dissolving limonene of 0.4-1.5 ppm and α-terpinene in the alcoholic beverage. A flavor improving method of the alcoholic beverage dissolves limonene of 0.4-1.5 ppm and α-terpinene in the alcoholic beverage.