This is Lagavulan. And yet it's not. The smoke is there like the Lagavulan 16, but it's more mellow than its older counterpart. The finish is long and savory. If the 16 is ordering a big, meaty Texas brisket, then the 9 is like ordering ribs. Still awesome. Still smokey, but a slightly different experience. Pick it up while you can. This one and the Talisker are worth whatever you can find them for. As for the GOT tie-in, I'm with many of the other reviewers here in thinking that this would have been a better fit for house Targaryen, but it's not the strangest pairing of a house with a single malt in this collection, and the whisky is good enough that I won't dock it for being mismatched with a GOT house.