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So the groundhog saw his shadow. Six more weeks of cold, wet, and darkness here in the Pacific Northwest, but we weren’t going to let it get us down. Development Chef Ben Johnson cooked up a winter cocktail called the Groundhog to keep us jolly right up until mid-March—and beyond. Ben came up with the idea of developing two cocktails, one for winter and one for spring, and choosing one depending on what happened with the resident rodent of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. We taste-tested lots of trials and a few errors before he finally settled on a perfect cocktail for each potential outcome. Watch the video below for more on how Ben created cocktails inspired by two simple themes: winter and spring.And if you don’t believe in future-telling groundhogs, go ahead and celebrate spring anyway with Ben’s light and lemony cocktail, <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/the-groundhog-early-spring">the Black and Yellow</a>.