Gwatkin Cider (inc Abbey Dore Ales) Red Diesel

Red Diesel

 

Gwatkin Cider (inc Abbey Dore Ales) in Hereford, Herefordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Cider - Other Fruit Regular
Score
6.67
ABV: 4.0% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Our cider blended with strawberry juice to create a sweet, refreshing drink.
 

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5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Draught at Newcastle Beer & Cider Festival 2026. Red colour, thin white bubbly head and aroma of strawberry jam. Taste is sweet, strawberry juice, jammy, sugary, with biscuity notes. Medium bodied, low carbobation, sweet strawberry finish. Quite ok, very sweet.
Tried from Draft on 16 Apr 2026 at 20:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Rose pink with a strawberry aroma, fresh and fruity, brings strawberry yoghurt to mind, just a touch of tart acidity in the finish.

Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival 2025
Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival on 26 Sep 2025 at 13:45

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Peterborough beer Festival 2018. A clear bright red coloured pour with a loose pink white head. Aroma is sweet jammy strawberry. Plum, red berries, sugar. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, sugar glazed strawberry reduction, light tang. Palate is sugary sweet, sticky,. Fun. Now i have diabetes.
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2018 at 18:08

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bag in a box At Merton Winter Beer Festival 2018. Clear pink red colour no head. Yeast and red apple fruit on aroma. Sweet strawberry apple on aroma. Sweet in mouth. Too much sweet strawberry jam.
Tried on 24 Feb 2018 at 15:29

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Poly pin at jolly judge 2017... Light deep red... Soft sweet strawberry fruit nose... Juicy fruits.. Big strawberry.. Juicy sweet strawberry.. But its got a bite in back of throat... Its mot acetic.. Its not chilli... But i like the bite... I dont want just strawberry juice from a beer or cider... I like this a lot
Tried on 04 Jul 2017 at 13:53

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bag in box at the jolly judge. Pours clear reddish, nose is blackcurrant, apple, toffee, taste is a bit like blackcurrant diluting juice, little harsh in the finish.
Tried on 03 Jul 2017 at 02:15

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bag in Box at Merton Beer Festival, Oxon, Saturday 25th February It was with some reluctance that I ordered a cider like this, however they are popular and it was a sensible abv. Pours red, clear, looks like a a kids fruit squash, and yep it’s tastes very, very much of strawberry. The apple is very much playing second fiddle. Not as bad as I expected. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov11 3.0
Tried on 26 Feb 2017 at 02:35

7/10
Tried on 03 Apr 2016 at 20:55