Johnny Michaels in Minneapolis?

[lsanderson]

An elixir called the Mount Vernon at PDT, whose head bartender has written a recipe book for those trying to make high-end cocktails at home.
By JEFF GORDINIER
Published: December 6, 2011
IT was while my station wagon sat stuck behind a dump truck as I inched across Westchester County trying to find a bottle of Italian chestnut honey distillate that I realized I was probably not cut out for this mixology thing. I had the passion, to be sure, even if my after-work bartending adventures only sporadically get beyond the pour-bourbon-on-top-of-ice stage. And the mission had seemed simple enough. The idea was to attempt to make a few recipes from the most buzzed-about cocktail guide in the country, “The PDT Cocktail Book” (Sterling Epicure; $24.95) by Jim Meehan. More