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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap. Reservoir, Waterbury, VT. Clear gold. Thin, lasting, white head. Nose is biscuity and a bit worty. Some stewed hop. Not a great deal else. Taste is nicely balanced juicy sweet and earthy bitter. Medium, slightly oily mouthfeel. Mostly sweet finish, turning more bitter on the close. Decent beer, other than the worty, unfinished aroma.
Tried from Draft on 22 Nov 2016 at 20:34

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at the Reservoir - Waterbury, VT. Pours deep brown with a dense, creamy tan head. Milk chocolate in the aroma, with light roasted malts and hints of coffee. Medium sweet flavour with notes of ashy roast, baking cocoa, bitter coffee grounds, scorched earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation and creamy texture. Moderately bitter to finish, with more scorched earth and baking cocoa. Good one.
Tried on 09 Sep 2016 at 12:54

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
Tulip pour at The Reservoir.
The appearance was a hazy burnt orange to yellow color with a thin white little head. Messy to speckled lacing clings around the glass.
The smell had some sweet onion, sweet grass, light grapefruit. Light pine is the bitterness underneath (extremely light but there).
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors and combined but came across super light. It actually came across more bitter than sweet.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body making it definitely session worthy. Carbonation runs light allowing the bitterness to hit adequately.
Overall, as a session IPA it works. I could have again as is. But definitely treat this as a session IPA and one won’t be disappointed.
Tried on 05 Mar 2016 at 10:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap at The Reservoir, Waterbury. Colour is slightly cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, hops and malts.
Tried from Draft on 27 Feb 2016 at 05:42

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at The Reservoir, Waterbury, VT.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace leaving a subtle thin lacing sticking and somewhat sliding into the beer.
The smell started off with some sweet roasted vanilla bean over top of subtle roasty coffee and some cocoa.
The taste takes in the previously mentioned flavors to blend nicely and allow a subtle black licorice in for the balance. Slightly sticky sweet in the aftertaste and finish but good for the most part.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation seemed appropriately styled allowing the stickiness to blend with a subtle drying aspect.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good American Stout that I could have again.
Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2016 at 15:42

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at The Reservoir in Waterbury, VT.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a hazy burnt amber color with a bar pour’s kind of slim white head that dissipated into nothing. Light lacing here and there.
The smell starts off with a sharp sweet caramel maltiness running into the citrus, floral and piney hops. Nicely blended.
The taste was mainly sweet through the blend of the hops and malts. Bitterness does make a decent effort to try and invade the flavor but ends up remaining in the background throughout the beer.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping to sessionable quality about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing the bitterness and stickiness to combine nicely.
Overall, it’s a decent DIPA with a maltier aspect to it. I could have again for me.
Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2016 at 15:17