Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a slight dark red to brown color with a finger and a half’s worth of white foamy head that slid off pretty quick. Semi-light speckled lace.
The aroma had some walnuts/chestnuts, light milk chocolate, some dark chocolate and a little bit of bready/crustiness. Light earthiness. And just a sly touch of vanilla extremely far underneath.
The flavor tried to blend some sweetness to the bitterness and came fairly close for the most part. It did have a little bit of sweet and clean butter to it as it they purposely added it. Light aftertaste of the breadiness and earthiness. Quick finish.
The feel was about medium bodied, somewhat under with a decent carbonation about it. Sly sessionability.
Overall, I heard spicy brown ale and wanted, and it was good, but wasn’t as spicy as I was hoping for. That’s okay, I’d still have this again.

Draugh half-pint at the brewpub on 3/12/06 with Muzzlehatch
Clear mahogany-to-dark-oak brown with a medium-sized amount of sandy-beige head that recedes quickly to cover but is retained there, providing no lacing.
The nose is full of mild brown malts, evoking light oily wood, plenty of walnuts, pecans, mild chocolate and some mildly spicy hops. Mild seems to be the key here, but yet the more it warms, the spiciness seems to grow, outlasting any crusty or bready malts that might keep it down. A touch of vanilla or maple butter as well. Not fruity, surprisingly.
The flavor is dry and woody at first, with bits of caramelized pecans, soft vanilla sharpness and waning chocolatey, with very little sign of the hop spiciness seen in the nose. It creates a moderately sweet effect overall, which is fairly balanced with the dry, cola/rootbeer-like ending, but an oily-sticky texture and surprisingly low carbonation are at odds with the session quality of the beer.