Nose: Dusty peanut shells, sweet burnt toffee/peanut brittle, brown-vanilla sugars. Bits of sweet ripe fruits. Very much a "Beam" nose and really, what I want and expect from an average Jim Beam product. This 86 proofer leaves a nice oily film on the glencairn. Front: Bursting dank sugars and wood immediately present following with the sweet fruit, ginger spices and nuts, the higher cut proof flavor carries forward and separates itself from mild, white label Beam. Finish: light and quick fading with hints of the sugared woods holding on to the end, not a ton of variety of flavor notes but certainly what it takes to signal "this is real Kentucky bourbon". Much like the Distillers Cut and the Bonded Beams', this one has the "guts" of what I want in a bourbon, and unlike the watered down standards of 80 proof from the usual distilleries including Beam, this much nicer offering gives me the satisfaction of actually "tying into" a nice drink. Like walking into any average bar, asking for a bourbon and being surprised you actually got something satisfying without making a label call, the Double Oak just offers up more . While you would never confuse this with a Woodford extra barrelled offering or a Makers special oak stave project, this is a clear upgrade to white and black label Beam and at a price that may go sub 20$ in some regions, you won't find many bottles to compete with it. This is a great bourbon to have on hand if you just want to have a quick decent straight belt and if your buddy has to slosh a barrel of coke in it for himself, won't cause you to grimace(too much). A nice bottle from Beam that flys under the radar just waiting for you to pick it up.