Nose: Buttered popcorn, artificial sweet, toasted caramel, ethanol, and a dollop of wood. There's a hint of peanut shells but the wood is the strongest note and seems to overpower some of the more nuanced parts of this otherwise soft nose.
Palate: This is traditional Beam, with some toasted nuts, mixed with woody char. Overall, it's a bit thin on mouthfeel and flavors, with the traditional bourbon flavors of vanilla, oak, and caramel coming through, but not leading to much complexity. The sweetness is well balanced with the more savory oak notes. The 86 proof doesn't provide much of a mouthfeel, and instead falls flat when compared to its similarly priced stablemate Old Tub.
