The Malt Whisky used is primarily
Tamdhu from Speyside, although the Company reserves the right to use a
comparable Malt should there be an interruption in supply. Comparable malts
would be Cardhu, Glenlivet or other malts from this specific region of
Speyside. Tamdhu is described by Collins as appealing to most tastes but
requiring a palate with a little more experience of Whisky than an occasional
drinker and very pleasing. Michael Jackson describes Tamdhu as being "a
delicate, soft, rounded single malt. It has hints of smokiness in the nose
but its final accent is towards sweetness. A typically Livet leaning Speyside
malt of excellent quality". The west side of the Spey river in this area
contains some five distilleries- Cardhu, Tamdhu, Knockando, Imperial and
Macallan. Blended Whisky is obtained from a leading Whisky broker in Glagow
and is blended to the Company's requirements containing such amounts of
Malt as are considered for the market at the time. Bottles are either standard
round, 2 pinch rectangular or of "The Glenkinchie type".