In this episode, I sit down with Jake Gobeille, Brand Manager for Menace Brewing and member of the IO Brewing Collective that recently took over ownership of Menace, as well as The Local Public House in downtown Bellingham. He also has a home brewing project under the name Beach Cat Brewery. Jake is a young entrepreneur with a passion for the craft beer industry, but the trail he’s walked to get here hasn’t been an easy one. In this conversation he opens up about dropping out of high school, losing his father to cancer, then facing his own battle with cancer at the age of 25. Stuck at a dead-end job, Jake dropped everything and began chasing his newfound passion, brewing beer, as he immersed himself into Bellingham’s renowned craft beer scene. Adversity forged Jake’s path to becoming a college graduate, a rising figure in the Bellingham business community, and a caring friend and loving husband to his wife, Kaitlin. I hope Jake’s story inspires you, as it does me, to follow your passions into the unknown. To overcome adversity and tap into the resilience, determination, and courage to take the trails less traveled in life. If there is one thing I have learned from stories like Jake’s, it’s that sometimes you have to get knocked down lower than you’ve ever been to stand up taller than you ever were.