Chase Bardole spends his days pounding the pavement of Salt Lake City, Utah. Whether he’s helping a high-end restaurant build a cocktail menu, assisting a club in setting up for an upcoming concert, or just stopping in to say hello to a bar owner, his job as a liquor rep brings him to dozens of different bars and restaurants every day.

Chase loves this hustle, and he loves how every one of his days is different. He also loves how this life is an extension of the bartending career he enjoyed for many years. His favorite part of both of these jobs within the same industry is the chance to interact with many different people.

Bartending at an upscale cocktail bar in downtown Salt Lake City, he excelled at listening to what people wanted in a drink and crafting something unique and special just for them, and at teaching them about what they were drinking rather than just pouring something quick and moving on.

“I would ask people what they were looking for in a drink,” he says. “Tell me what flavors you’re looking for. And then I would love just creating stuff, teaching about it, and telling them about what I’m putting in their drink. I think that just opens up a whole new doorway, so they can learn, and then go home and make their own drinks. It’s just spreading the love and sharing the knowledge.”