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Hibiki
Whiskey aficionados are always happy to have distiller Suntory’s premium varieties in their glass, and now you can have them in your chocolate too.
So determined to win rare full-sized Hibiki and Yamazaki whiskies we’re willing to spend over US$300 for them.
Suntory had to guess how much whiskey they’d need over a decade ago, and they guessed wrong.
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