77
Score
Hayes Parker Reserve Original, 45%
Price: $12 ● Issue: Fall 2014 ● Reviewer: Lew Bryson
From TerrePure; there's that reassuring note on the label that the whiskey is “Aged at least six months.” Nose is somewhat flat, compressed; diner mints, old cinnamon sticks, cattle feed. Tastes thin, sweet, hot, and not very complex. There's a flash of something more just before the swallow: corn, hot mint. But it vanishes in a bland, quick finish. Uninspiring, if surprisingly smooth for 6 month old whiskey.