The Vermont Pub & Brewery

Longstaff

Massachusetts

3.65/5  rDev -4.7%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 3.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 3.5 | food: 4 | $$

Very modern and clean looking place with outdoor seating. They also have two seperate bars - one for smoking and the other non-smoking. I sat outside on a beatiful Sunday afternoon in September and had a small sampler with some food. Took a while to get attention from the waitress, but once she knew we were there, service was great. The food is almost exactly identical to the menu at 7 Barrels and is pub grub orientated having some solid meals and appetizers available. I prefer this type of menu for brewpubs and respect establishements more than if they tried to have an upscale menu and not able to pull it off. The bangers and mash was awesome and the beer battered onion rings were the best I've ever had. The beers range from lacking to good. The Bitter and hefewiezen was decent and the smoked porter was very good - I could drink this all day long. Its a nice place to have a good simple meal at decent prices and to enjoy a pint or two.

09-02-2003 17:52:08 | More by Longstaff

scottum

Vermont

4.65/5  rDev +21.4%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 5 | service: 4 | selection: 5 | food: 4.5

Hit it up for lunch. My first visit as a legal drinker. As a kid I had been there before for dinner but was unable to sample the brews. An what brews! All the beers I sampled with the exception of the Irish Stout were awesome. The bar is in a greenhouse on the side of the building which makes for a great place to have a beer on a sunny afternoon. The food is top notch. I had a lovely Toad in the Hole which is maple sausage and chedder cheese in pastery served with chutney. Mmmmm.

03-25-2003 08:07:54 | More by scottum

waughbrew

Massachusetts

3.53/5  rDev -7.8%
vibe: 4 | quality: 3 | service: 3.5 | selection: 4 | food: 3.5

Rather small, but excellent outdoor seating when the weather is nice. There was a nice selection of beers, with a few especially interesting ones - pseudo-lambic, maple ale, and their benchmark smoked porter. I had read Noonan's (the owner/brewmaster) book on brewing and was anxious to see what all that knowledge could create. To be honest I was disappointed with the beer quality -pretty average. I liked the irish stout and the smoked porter best out of the seven that I tried. My hamburger was cheap- about 4.25- and pretty tasty. Service was a bit slow, but friendly. I got a few growlers last time I was there and a couple of them were undrinkable that same night because of sulfur - big disappointment.

Overall - a relaxed place with decent fresh beer and good cheap food.

03-18-2003 09:39:53 | More by waughbrew

jrancan

New Jersey

4.2/5  rDev +9.7%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 4

Very well done. Big place with lots of indoor and outdoor seating. Eight beers on tap, the highlight of which is their strong (8%abv) Saison. The IPA was probably the hoppiest beer I have ever tasted (a touch too hoppy-I never thought I would say that), but still good. Also had a solid Maple Porter and an ESB. Live music in the back, good food and cheap prices. Between this, Three Needs, and Magic Hat just down the road, Burlington seems to have a great beer scene going on.

07-08-2002 11:00:07 | More by jrancan