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Max's Oyster Bar Hosts 4th Annual Bourbon Bash Jan. 24

A La Carte

Leeanne Griffin

7:19 PM EST, January 14, 2013

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Max's Oyster Bar hosts its 4th annual Bourbon Bash Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. The event features cuisine by executive chef Scott Miller and cocktails by beverage director Brian Mitchell.

The menu:

Reception: Spiked egg with Kentucky ham; smoked oyster with maple-satsuma mignonette; honey-whipped goat cheese; buttermilk biscuit; duck confit with sweet potato pancake [Cocktail: Berkshire Scofflaw]

Amuse Bouche: foie gras, huckleberry, brioche [Berkshire Mountain Distillers Bourbon (straight)]

First Course: cured Loch Duart salmon, house pickles, trout roe [Michter's Sour Mash 86°  (straight) / Pickled Old Fashioned]

Second Course: black cod, cider, dumpling [George Dickel Barrel Select 86° (straight) / Kentucky Flower]

Third Course: smoked Berkshire pork belly,  hominy, pozole [Jim Beam Devil's Cut 90 ° (straight) / Mississippi Gamblers]

Fourth Course: sweet & sour short ribs,  tamarind, curry [Baker's Straight 107°(straight) / Massa Sour]

Dessert: caramel chocolate budino, banana, pistachio [Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit 101°  (straight) / Kentucky Cream]

Cost is $85, plus tax and gratuity. Max's Oyster Bar is at 964 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford. 860-236-6299, maxsoysterbar.com.