So many Littlemill bottlings around 2012-2014 and just two that I could try this year (see the Littlemill 1990 Archives ). Douglas Laing bottled this refill hogshead last summer in the Xtra Old Particular range.

Littlemill 25 yo 1991 (50,9%, Douglas Laing ‘Xtra Old Particular’ 2017, refill hogshead #11789, 300 btl.)

Nose: a bit of an uncommon start on old wax candles and dusty cupboards. Engine oil. Then a bit of sweet plums, orange zest and honey. Green banana. Roasted malt. Hay. Cedar wood. Very interesting but perhaps not as fruity as I expected. Mouth: again a weird...