Still in production as Long John Special Reserve, this long-established standard blend was named after the legendary ‘Long John’ Macdonald, who founded Ben Nevis distillery in 1825. Its malt was supposedly a key ingredient, though Long John’s core later became Tormore, which began distilling in 1961.

Long John was known as "The Friendly Scotch" and heavily exported for the European market. Now owned by Pernod Ricard, and still widely drunk in France, Long John claims to contain 48 different malts.