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I.W. Harper Highball

This is the other Bourbon Highball can that Kirin released back in November 2010. The other one is the Four Roses Highball, and these two are the first time a highball can has been released in Japan containing Bourbon.

Technically, the distillery of this highball is I.W. Harper, but this is released by Kirin in Japan.

In the glass it's a weak, pale golden colour and very fizzy.

You can taste the whiskey in there, it's weak but there (Japanese cocktails are often so weak you can't taste any alcohol).

It's quite dry, my teeth were drying out pretty quickly with this Highball.

I preferred the Four Roses Highball out of the two, as this one is much drier and less of an interesting taste. More soda water than whiskey flavour here.
But then again, I prefer Four Roses Bourbon to I.W. Harpers too (although they are both excellent Kentucky Bourbons).

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