Rewatching in 2021 holy hell have times changed. Rex not interrupting Daniel and letting him tell stories. And Daniel in episode 5.... "I'll never ever say this again. Peat parts per million." Yet brings it up in almost every single peated whiskey episode since.

It was this video that convinced me to charge head strong into peated whiskey. Got myself a bottle of ardbeg 10 and am now worried of what I am about to become. In a matter of hours, my beard grew several inches and my voice is at least a whole octave deeper

did you guys notice how the whisky was actually talked about? These were wild times

Opened my bottle today. So good! Sweet, smoked meats, savory, meaty, has smoky after taste. Awesome! One of my favorites!

With so damn many whiskey review channels on YT these guys are the best!

Takes notes guys: Look at Rex, look at Rex now, this is what happens when you drink Whisky

Rex shows such restraint. It's uncomfortable.

Drinking one as I watch. Bloody beautiful Whisky!

This was my second scotch ever, and first islay, and wow, I drank it and was speachless, no joke. This is delicous, and an amazing drink.

interesting to see Rex in the earlier videos .. it's like months of hanging around with Daniel has turned him into Disney pirate.

I’ve tried many scotch whiskys and by far this one I can recognize if I was blind folded. A must try at least once

Oh, Episode 5. Y'all looking so respectable! It took me a couple years to get to where I SO appreciate the Ardbeg. Thanks for the review and continued education! What a wonderful whiskey.

It is crazy to see the days when Rex was "intermediate". Rex, your taste has improved now that you have tasted over 200 whiskeys. Also thanks you for coming along to instigate Daniel to explain things, and ask the questions us amateurs can't

Ardbeg 10 "This is hurting me...and I like it"

I’m new to your channel, and they are very informative and helpful. I just found and purchased a bottle of Ardbeg 10 as my introduction into heavily peated Scotches, and I sipped it as I watched your review. I’m still learning the flavors, and I’m liking it a lot.

This is my all time favourite. Light and floral with an almighty long complex smoke finish and takes your head clean off.

Another fantastic, completely non-arrogant and fun review! Thanks for not being the serious, deadpan whisky reviewers more likely to put me to sleep than inspire me to try new things.

Perfect description. It knocks you out but right after you forget what it felt like and keep drinking more. I can drink a higher quantity of Islay than any other scotch

"...like love in a glass." Perfection.

this is my favorite episode. the old format that hooked me when I was a wee whisk(e)y lad

I’m thinking about trying Ardbeg soon, so I’m working through your Ardbeg reviews. This is the earliest whiskey vault video I’ve watched, and it’s crazy how different it was than the videos are now.

I have just discovered your channel and really enjoyed what i have viewed so far... But you guys look more suitably relaxed in the newer videos than you do here.. Greetings from Glasgow Scotland...

I type in Ardbeg and this pops up… wow you guys have come along way over the last few years.

So cool to be a relatively new follower to see your older videos. Love ya guys. Keep it up!! Love the Ardbeg the Ultimate (10) . That’s my jam for Islay Scotches.

I've ventured up to the $200 bottles of Ardbeg. I still keep coming back to the 10. The light color always makes first time triers(?) overconfident. After a rough day at work. A couple strong pours of Ardy 10 makes me feel like a new man.

Fun to catch an early video of you guys. You sure have loosed up over the years! Cheers

Super clean, no additional coloring. Agreeably I get a mint on the note along with a honey tangerine, almost floral softness. Reminds me of walking through fall leaves after it rains. First thing I get in taste is a briny saltiness, the peat is certainly fresh with a hint of licorice and finishes with a sweet mint on the tip of the tongue. So many flavors I get with each additional sip, definitely a glass to savor. Well played gentleman.

Ha ha, the old days when you were still trying to be slightly serious

Ardbeg 10 is a great whisky. I am new to peat but it was love at first dram!

Loving my first botttle. Bring back the bag pipe intros. It’s so funny when Rex used to dress up and look like he’s a Abercrombie model runner up.

This was my first scotch that I tried at random because I asked the bartender to surprise me, not gonna lie it knocked me on my ass at first but I've found a deep appreciation for it. While I tend to prefer whiskeys that are easier to knock back. Ardbeg is definitely for those nights where I'm doing paper work, studying, reading, whatever. Love it.

Really enjoying your reviews. Informative, funny and not pretentious. Great job! I didn't understand what "complex" meant in regards to Whisky until I tried my first "peated" whiskey. (Talisker 10). First sip was straight medicine cabinet. Thought I hated it... for about 5 minutes. Then I came back to it and started tasting, smelling different things. By the time I made it through the bottle over the course of a couple of months, I loved it. Medicinal smells and taste gave way to mesquite smoke, brine, sea-salt, citrus and fruitcake. It truly is like "love in a glass." Sometimes great, often painful, but always worth it. Anyway, keep up the good work.

I just tried a bottle of this. Holly cow what a taste journey. I am enjoying this and your channel. Thank you.

It's amazing how bare the whiskey Vault looks!

Amazing historic background, loved the video!

One of the best and most informative fun and honest yet instantly believable review. :)

New to the channel and a relatively new appreciator of whisk(e)y and bourbon. Saw this bottle of Ardbeg today for a good price but wasn't sure whether to buy?? Great channel l, hilarious and informative

Just picked up a bottle of ardbeg 10, and rushed to see if Rex and daniel had done a review. Boy how the times have changed! The boys and the vault look SO different!

I just found out about these 2 and seeing one of there old Videos is really funny. (Not that the current ones are dull or anything :D) ;)

The first time I tasted Ardberg was after a couple of bottles of wine in Spain. My dad is a big whiskey fan and he gave me a glass of Ardbeg. My thought was "I like whiskey", but this was next level. It felt like I was breathing in a bonfire, and the taste was so powerful. I finished the drink and went to bed. The next morning my mouth tasted like I had ate an entire bonfire. Moral of the story: Ardbeg is not an entry level whiskey. I like it now, but this was way back when I had just started drinking whiskey.

My review as a gourmet Nose: Heavy minty peat smoke in sea mist & tanned leather, hints of Scotch heather settling into a light chocolate-vanilla syrup & Irish moss on cast-iron-reduced tree fruit Palate: Smoked dark fruits & charred berries with a citrus squeeze, fresh baseball glove leather, ancient wood, cacao nibs giving way to ginger snaps Aftertaste: Oak, clove & spices, black pepper, natural rope, aged leather with cigar tobacco

Watching this time capsule now is hilarious. Rex was so tame.

By far my favorite whisky. At a great price point too. Will always have a bottle of this on hand.

Got my first bottle of it last week definitely in my top five. It had a salty oily taste that reminds me of seaweed snacks. goes great with a cigar

To me the dram starts rather medicinal, but by the end is sweet. It always leaves me wanting more and with a rich smokey throat.

Finally got around to trying this last night: NYE 2021! I love it! For you tobacco enthusiasts out there, this is like drinking a liquid English pipe tobacco. So good! Happy new year everyone!

Ah, those were the days, when Rex dressed like a prisoner, and Daniel wore his collars popped.

I had the 5yr at the bar and liked it a lot, so today I picked up the 10yr and I’m really excited.

This was before the Medallion. Good times.

Having watched your videos in 2019, this is such sweet nostalgia. Daniel is in a suit?! Rex recently had a haircut?! He doesnt know what PEAT is!? Good times... How far we have come.

June 30, 2020 - love the jacket. Need to bring it back! I’m not sure but I think I can hear Roy in the background.

Just bought one, can’t wait to taste it

So the other day i gave all my dead batteries way. Free of charge.

Ardberg is a very interesting Whisky. I really like it. The first time I had it, I couldn't believe the odour when I opened the bottle. My only other Islay scotch before Ardberg was Lagavulin. I thought I'd have a deep rich colour to Ardberg, and it surprised me how light it was in colour. I smell salt, tar, seaweed and a touch of the lighter tastes you mentioned.

just got my first taste of Ardbeg 10 not sure if its the Scottish blood in me or my love of bbq but that's one good whisky i have to thank you guys for bringing it to my attention defiantly going to keep that stocked now i just need to find others to enjoy it with

Hello gentleman, longggg time watcher and first time commenter here. And I have a story to share. I hunted down this video in order to share this story, so listen to this success of mootchatude as it required a whole 30 seconds of google searching for this video to bring it to you. A couple of months ago I was at my local Safeway and I saw that Ardbeg 10 was on sale. From $99.99 down to $10.50. In disbelief I grabbed the box and brought it to the counter and asked if the price was correct (damn me for being an honest man) however the clerk reassured me, that if it was the listed price. It was accurate. I asked for everything they had. When the clerk checked the system, he said they had three bottles and would go grab them after we billed out. I payed and waited for his return. Upon his return he shared that there was a mistake in the mark down and that it was actually supposed to be marked up to $105.00 and that he was only going to be allowed to sell me one bottle at the $10.50 price mark. Having already paid for three bottles, he needed to refund me the other two. When I left the store, still excited to have bought one bottle of Ardbeg 10 for $10.50, I checked my receipt and realized he mistakenly refunded me for all three bottles, not just the two he couldn’t sell me. And that gentlemen, is how you accidentally receive a bottle of Ardbeg 10, for free. On another note. I have access to a Bourbon from Woodinville distillery in Washington that I would consider to be top three, if not number one bourbon on my list. I will buy and send you a bottle IF you stroke my ego and share this ballad of muchy-ness in your next video. And Daniel. It is pronounced: Joe-Psych-Uh More-Ow-Skii.

Got my first glass of Ardbeg 10 in front of me. Just preparing to dive in and here to know what to look out for so my palette is prepped... [back from the first-ever sip]... Dam... that's ...that's... so f'in smoky! Phew :)

Drinking this now. Awesome tasting notes! Love it!

Just a bit under $50 here in west central Wisconsin for the Ardbeg 10. One of my absolute favorites.....

It's easy to say nice things about Ardbeg 10, but I would describe it differently. I get a note of honey, followed by a smooth, buttery finish. It's the best middle shelf Islay I have found.

I finally got to try it this weekend. I kept getting like a smoked bacon smell from it, I think my nose is busted.

I keep hoping that you guys are going to do reviews of certain whiskies, and then I go back through the library and find that you already did it :)

Comming back to this from 2020... Jeebus this is fucking scary.

Palate: Burnt tires, horseleather. 5 tonnes of cigars. I think Grandpa's shoes. Yes...but the sensations afterwards are great And a bit of pain

Is it me or was Rex a bit shy and relaxed, now he is out of control lol love these guys

First proper single malt I bought. I hated it. It tasted like someone blowing a bonfire into my mouth. Then as I tried other whiskys, I came back to it and it tasted so different. Peaty smoke with a real sweet finish. On that day it became my favourite, I can't get enough of it. The best things are an acquired taste.

Bought this today thanks to you guys. Looking forward to try it this weekend. A 70 cl bottle costs 77 USD in Norway BTW.

Just because of this video I bought a bottle for $45 and it came with a mini bottle of uigeadail

Look how clean the vault is 😳

Cheers 🥂

This is like the hoppiness of IPA's. The hops were added, not for flavor, but as a preservative for the beer on its long journey from England to India, hence India Pale Ale.

The white wine analogy. Dead on.

I'm drinking it just now and it's very smokey, like a campfire

ohh how Rex was a young and ripe little lad... Daniel, what have you done...

So happy I decided to start at the beginning. Learning so much but how do you remember all this info

I bought this Ardbeg 10 and in my personal opinion, its not terrible but it absolutley gonna take someone with a Distinct tasting pallet, i experinced the taste of colonge in my mouth

Just got one bottle. Paid 68 dollars in wa state out the door. A little pricey. But trust me this scotch is better than most overpriced whiskeys out there.

Its not as smoky & bodacious as laphroaig but it's woody-er. Also, no artificial coloring in Ardbeg whereas Laphroaig does have fake coloring in it.

Stopped in indiana today and bought Ardbeg 10, in a display case with small bottles of Corryvreckan and Uigedail, for $64 with tax!

Daniel - it's actually phenol parts per million. Phenol is a molecule and it's what gives the peated whisky its smell. And it does matter - the Octomore of bruichladdich will taste very differently than 30yo Laphroaig.

Peat!!! It's there any danger of depleting the supply of peat given the increasing popularity of peated whisky?

Which do you prefer the Ardbeg or Laphroaig, or other, when it comes to this beated style of whisky. I am looking to purchase one and I am trying to make a decision.

so I have been watching a lot of review videos during quarantine... Catching up basically. But what happened to the sport coat and jeans!?!?!

Damn did Rex really go from this to what he is now in 2 years? Nice

I got a bottle of Ardbeg 10 and it tastes like cleaning shop why?

bought it today love it

Rex looked like Mac from Always Sunny. Lol

To me it smells like a rained flower field. Peaty, smoky and very sweet smell. After taste is smoky and a long vanilla flavour.

man this was a long time ago when I saw this first..

So do the deeper, more amber colors one sees in American whiskeys come from the fact that the barrels are new and, one assumes, have more color to impart?

I believe he mentions Pete’s parts per million in several later episodes 😂

Daniel we share a last name! Represent! But for real this vid just solidified my choice of wedding gift for my friend

Ardbeg is the only scotch I actually dream about. Love how the oil stays with u.

Damn i have bought this bottle but never drank it. Gave it to one of my good relatives for a gift when i went over there few years back but i didn't stay there for longer. I did smell it and it smelt good. Have to get myself a bottle now, but it's quite expensive here (50EUR/60USD) in Estonia where health minister is a screwed up alcohol tax lover.. They raised beer tax 65% in July and want to raise it by 166% by 2020 (Estonians tend to have a slight problem with alcohol, it's cold and dark here).

Beautiful whiskey, wouldn’t say it’s better than a Bowmoore 10 but it has it’s own uniqueness to it. When taking a good ol wiff I got a strong smell of an old lighthouse and burnt rope. Sounds silly but that’s what the beak picked up.

It´s like "Oh, hey Ardbeg, how much ppm you are smoked? Ardbeg: "YES"

one of my favorites, amazing taste. you can enjoy a nice glass through the whole night

I may not enjoy Ardbeg, but I'll drink it. I live in southeast Georgia where there's mostly slash pine and sweet gum. Both suck for burning, but it's "local" and what's available and used. So even though it doesn't make great tasting steaks on an open fire, I burn the pine and sweet gum because it's the local source and I feel like it's a requirement. Sort of like paying my dues for living here. It's probably a bit self deprecating and overly pretentious, but it feels right deep down. So I make the best of what I have. Ardbeg sounds like my kind of thing. Use what you got, don't be ashamed of it, don't cater to importing everything and lose your distinctiveness, and don't give a damn what the rest of the world thinks of you. "In your face" is my kind of people/things.

Where's Waldo/Rex? That shirt is the bar version of the classic kids book! Probably not intentional?

Smoke and Fire shouldn’t hurt Freddy Krueger at all!!! I mean Rex!!!