Head to head · same category, comparable price
Laphroaig Quarter Cask vs Talisker 10 Year Old
Talisker 10 Year Old is the cheaper bottle and the dearer whisky: £131 a litre of pure alcohol against £131. That inversion is the whole of this comparison.
Compiled by WhiskeyCask Editorial · Last verified 2026-07-30
Specifications side by side
| Laphroaig Quarter Cask | Talisker 10 Year Old | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Single malt | Single malt |
| Origin | Islay, Scotland | Highland, Scotland |
| Age | No age statement | 10 years |
| Strength | 48% ABV | 45.8% ABV |
| Cask | Ex-bourbon barrel, American oak quarter cask | Refill American oak |
| Bottle | 700 ml | 700 ml |
| RRP observed | £44 | £42 |
| Per 10cl | £6.29 | £6.00 |
| Per litre of alcohol | £131 | £131 |
| Chill-filtered | Not stated | Not stated |
What separates them
Both from Scotland: Laphroaig Quarter Cask from Islay, Talisker 10 Year Old from Highland.
Talisker 10 Year Old states 10 years; Laphroaig Quarter Cask states none.
Cask as each producer describes it: Laphroaig Quarter Cask in ex-bourbon barrel and american oak quarter cask, Talisker 10 Year Old in refill american oak.
Neither states chill filtration.
Neither set of specifications is producer-confirmed.
What the price buys
Laphroaig Quarter Cask is £2.00 dearer a bottle than Talisker 10 Year Old.
Strength reverses that: Talisker 10 Year Old is £131 a litre of pure alcohol against £131.
Across the 32 bottles we can cost this way, Laphroaig Quarter Cask is 12th cheapest and Talisker 10 Year Old 13th cheapest.
Flavour, compared
View as table
| Axis | Laphroaig Quarter Cask | Talisker 10 Year Old |
|---|---|---|
| Peaty | 9 | 6 |
| Sweet | 4 | 4 |
| Fruity | 3 | 4 |
| Spicy | 6 | 7 |
| Woody | 6 | 5 |
| Sherried | 1 | 2 |
| Cereal | 4 | 4 |
| Oily | 8 | 7 |
Furthest apart on peaty, 9 against 6. 1 of the eight axes clears 3 points: peaty.
Identical on sweet and cereal.
Each bottle in its own right
Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Laphroaig with the volume up — more oak, more sweetness, considerably more grip at 48%.
Double matured: standard ex-bourbon barrels, then re-racked into smaller quarter casks whose greater wood-to-spirit surface area speeds maturation. Laphroaig publishes no ABV, and one UK retailer lists 41.4% — that is a data error; 48% is confirmed by two independent retailers.
Full record →Talisker 10 Year Old
Pepper and brine over a warm smoky core. The pepper is the signature.
Full record →No overlap in what we list them for: Laphroaig Quarter Cask for value at 48% and peat lovers, Talisker 10 Year Old for peat curious and cold weather.
Where these specifications come from
Producer and retailer pages for Laphroaig Quarter Cask and Talisker 10 Year Old: laphroaig.com, malts.com. Figures are what those pages published when we last checked them, on 2026-07-30.