Laphroaig Quarter Cask

It's come down a bit from its low 90s scores in its early days, but still an excellent bang-for-the-buck dram. I still prefer it to the regular 10 and I would score it right around where you did. Cheers.

The bottle I have is excellent. This whisky is inexpensive enough (by Canadian Scotch Standards, so less than $100) to drink often (which I don't only because I have so many great scotches to drink) but also great enough to impress any level of peated scotch fan.

Very versatile.

I would easily choose a dram of this over say, a Macallan 25. YES, I would. But not necessarily Mac CS...

@Nozinan Even over Mac 25? I wouldn't know...I've never tired Mac 25. But I guess to each his own. For me Ardbeg 10 would beat this one any day, if we're talking peat and smoke and versatility.

Another additional flavor note: I got one very rare note on the nose that I've never noticed in whiskies before, and that is seaberry oil.

Georgy, if your goal was to prod someone into Googling "What is seaberry oil?" you succeeded!

The only thing I have to add about the QC is that I plan to make it the monthly bottle for my whisky club pretty soon, and set it against the 10 CS #6, 10 CS #7, and 2016 Cairdeas.

@OIJas =)) Good for you! I still don't get all the fascination with this whisky. It is nice, no question about. The method used to produce it is also interesting and unique, but the result is...OK, if you ask me. Maybe I got a not so good bottle of this stuff, but after a few days of sipping this - I'm getting less and less out of it with very next dram. It is as if all the flavors and aromas were eager to escape as quickly as possible right after I popped the cork. Strange.

@OLJas. That's some pretty stiff competition for the QC. I'll be interested to hear the results.