Big Tree Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Waterbury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Reservoir - Restaurant & Tap Room

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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6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-bright orange cloudiness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated somewhat quick and left a super light amount of lace
Aroma: orange pulpy sweetness, some lemon sweetness, some mango tones which seem really sweet; noticeable bready malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a mostly sweet quality; finishes sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; fairly smooth along the tongue and nothing distracting; the carb seems low enough for the style and the hop bitterness seems low enough too
Overall: once again, another overly sweet beer by Big Tree, too bad I can't rate a beer solely on texture but fix those aromas and flavors by getting some bitterness in them and we'll see how this'll fare then.
Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2026 at 17:21

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: hazy burnt orange almost brown color with a quarter finger of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet grapefruit and super sweet pineapple with some sugary tones and the malts seem really sweet too
Flavor: leans sweet through the prior noted aromas; finishes grapefruity and pineapple-y sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, semi-sessionable; pretty smooth along the tongue - nothing bothersome; low enough carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: the best thing about this beer is the feel but man, those aromas and flavors need to get some bitterness in them.
Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2026 at 17:16

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: burnt orange cloudiness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet onions and some pineapple sweetness; light biscuity malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to subtle danky and slightly bittersweet quality; finishes mostly just sweet and danky
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness - decent flow across the tongue; low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: alright NEIPA, hmmm...some things make me wonder about this a bit...
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 21:42

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: burnt orange to almost brown cloudiness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed citrusy hops with a light piney hop backing; light biscuity malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a sweet to bittersweet sort of quality; finishes mostly sweet through some citrusy hop notes
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; substantial smoothness; low hop bitterness assertiveness and a low carb
Overall: well, it fits the style but those hops in the flavor and aroma seem a bit stuffy - I'm not exactly sure what's going on there. Hmmm...
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 20:29

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: murky dark orange close to brown haziness with a three finger white foamy head which took it's time to dissipate and once it did some light lace stuck to the sides of the glass
Aroma: sweet floral to slightly tart pineapple to some mango sweetness; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bittersweet semi-juiciness; finishes semi-dry with a juicy sort of mango sweetness
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; good level of smoothness with nothing distracting; nice low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: they might not officially call this a NEIPA but that's what I believe they were aiming for with this one.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 20:23

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: burnt orange haziness with a finger and a quarter of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: soft guava sweetness with a touch of lemon sweet to tart tones then some orange tart to sour whiffs
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to tart quality initially and after a little bit more sips a light sour tone develops; finishes basically sweet to tart and brushed by a light sour tone
Texture: light to medium bodied - perhaps closer to medium bodied; somewhat sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of som noticeable sour to tart nips to the tongue
Overall: definitely one of their better beers as I believe I would come back to this one.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 20:13

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt orange close to brown color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of lace
Aroma: kinda peachy to apricot-like and pineapple-y with a light mango tone to those hops but also seems slightly muted; biscuity malt base
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes about the same and gets somewhat sugary juicy
Texture: light to medium bodied, semi-sessionable; some good smoothness; low hop bitterness assertiveness with good low carb
Overall: once again like Lambo, it just seems kinda muted on the aroma which seemed to bleed into the flavor just a bit.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 20:06

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy burnt orange color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light pineapple to mango tones but seemed really sweet and semi-sugary; light piney notes; light clean malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a bittersweet to sweet quality; finishes semi-dry and piney
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; some smoothness; good low carb and low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: not bad but also possibly needs a bit more "pop" coming from those hops.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2026 at 20:00

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: clear copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: light lemon to grassy and slightly earthy hop spice then brisk clean bready malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to crisp and subtle zesty tone; finishes with the hop spice and clean malts
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness and some light hop punchiness
Overall: seems to slightly lean to a Cezh pils in aromas, flavors and texture but the look makes me think maybe closer to a German pils, eh, whatever, let's use that term it's a "modern pils" and be done with it. This is one I would return to.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2026 at 01:48

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: brassy yellow to copper cloudiness with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: melon, pineapple, piney hop scents; subtle cracker malts
Flavor: sweet to bittersweet toned through the mix of the prior noted aromas; finishes melon-like to piney
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness but also some hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nicely done NEIPA I could have again.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2026 at 01:36