Big Tree Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Waterbury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2015

Contact
1 S Main St, Waterbury, VT, 05676, United States
Description
The Reservoir is a 99 seat restaurant serving dinner 7 days a week and lunch Saturday & Sunday. Located in the heart of downtown Waterbury situated in the beautiful green mountains of Vermont. We specialize in Vermont comfort food and some of the best beers available. Currently we have 37 draft beers (the most in the state) as well as a full bar and wine list. We also have live entertainment every week featuring some of the best artists around.

Big Tree Brewing Company is the 1bbl Nano beerery that is based out of The Reservoir.

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7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can (11/24/24) from trade with CLW--thanks, Chris! Opaque, dark brown, nice sparkle, thin head with fair retention, light lacing. Aroma is strong toffee, dark chocolate, mild coffee. Taste follows aroma. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Good strength, nice non-adjuncted stout!

Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2025 at 03:07


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Barnyard Wood Crafted Pizza in Burlington
Pours a solid dark brown with ruby edges and a good sized tan head that slowly recedes. Chocolate caramel and hints of nut and earth.

Tried from Draft on 01 Nov 2025 at 21:53


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16oz can pours a neon orange color, decent haze, sudsy white head. Nose has citrus and citrus blossom. Some mango soda, light herbs. Flavor is a little more dank, orange and scallions and grasses. Orange soda. Medium bodied, off dry, spritzy.

Tried from Can on 10 Aug 2025 at 22:54


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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz draft. Flavor is quite good. Flavors of pineapple, mango and very soft citrus peel bitterness. Texture is very juicy with tropical fruit like hint. Easy to drink. Lots of flavor for 5%.

Tried from Can at The Reservoir - Restaurant & Tap Room on 05 Jul 2025 at 12:20


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16oz can pours a murky black with cap of beige head. Nose is so spot on, malt and molasses and toast and caramel. Old school. Some smoke, meaty. Flavor is malty and meaty. Love this. Cola and licorice and toast and clear grain. Love the grain bill on this. Dry but full bodied.

Tried from Can on 26 Mar 2023 at 02:28


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From a pint can. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Aromas are dank hay and green onion. Flavors are moderately bitter tangerine peel. Not a winner.

Tried from Can on 23 Nov 2022 at 20:38


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Can pour. It's a hazy light brown with no sparkle, finger-width off-white head with fair retention and light lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, cheap bubblegum, pine. Taste is vague citrus, dank vegetation, pine and grain. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, no born on date but think this may have been old BEFORE it sat around a bit. Tastes more like an old conventional IPA than NEIPA.

Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2022 at 02:07


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Parker Pie draught, 10/12/22. Slight chill haze. Brass-bronze, white head to ring. A little rough/grainy here with slightly sharp, maybe even a hint soapy hops. Not getting much in the way of yeast/mineral that's enticing. A bit sour and grainy, not a lot of depth. Hops are bitter with stale herb. It's at least dry and well-carbonated, but tough to find much else exciting here.

Tried on 12 Oct 2022 at 15:13


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home. I thought new brewery but not for me. Hazy yellow head fades quick. Nose is earthy and grass. Tastes grassy, meinerrally, earthy, some bread, soap and citrus. Seems odd flavors but refreshing.

Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2022 at 03:39


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

New can design far more 80s feeling. Cloudy orange and a smallish head. Nose is candy and grass. Tastes of grass, strawberry, pineapple, rock candy. Smooth light sweetness

Tried from Can on 02 Apr 2022 at 01:14