I don’t know how reliable an eBay listing is, but this seems to a menu from Harry’s from 1930. It doesn’t name brands, but it seems to suggest bourbon was there by at least 1930. Comparing the pricing is interesting. (eBay Listing)
On a side note I looked through the book I have at home about Harry’s Bar. Doesn’t list any brands, but it does have a brief mention of selling “baby whisky”.
Does anyone know what this refers to in this context? Looking around the term seems to be used in many ways. My first thought is it referred to unaged whisky (and I found articles to support this), but I also saw it used to refer to a small bottle of whisky and a short pour.
One of the hard things about searching for an answer is that 99% of the articles that pop up are about giving babies whisky. Most are depressing though I did like this snippet about disguising whisky bottles as a baby.
