FOMO

FOMO. That's an acronym for a new phrase I've been hearing a lot lately amongst my social friends. It stands for Fear Of Missing Out, wanting to be everywhere in fear of missing a certain song played at a concert, or a special guest sitting in with your favorite band or some other event where something magical happened. Sometimes these things are leaked through the grapevine, or posted on FaceBook, but unless you are on top of it, you could miss out. Lately, I'm CAT Can't Afford To. I have to pick and choose what's really important to me now that I'm self employed.

Today however, I'm FOMO because I'm going to go taste a special beer that not many people will have the opportunity to do. The Russian River Brewing Company has a very rare beer in extreme limited release called Pliny the Younger, and there are only 14 days to be able to taste it. I've never had it before, but they release it every year in February. As Natalie said in the Press Democrat article, "because that's when people expect it."
I've had Pliny the Elder and it is good, incredibly good. This one is the Younger. The article in the local newspaper on the day of its release was all it took for me to become FOMO. It's worth a read. This brewery has 6 beers in the list of the 100 Best. Pliny the Younger is #3.

A post from Natalie's blog in December (she's the co-owner of the pub with her husband):

We are releasing Younger at our pub in Santa Rosa on February 4th. When the pub receives it's allocation, those kegs will be allocated to last for exactly 2 weeks. Therefore, we may run out at the pub each day, but will have more the following day for 2 weeks. It will be available in 10 oz. glasses only- no growlers or bottles to go. This will allow more beer enthusiasts like you, as well as our regular customers, to enjoy some Younger this year! And we won't see it on Ebay!

Well according to her blog yesterday, it did make it to eBay, one single bottle. Someone smuggled it out in a container of some sort. I don't know whether it was pulled because the seller was threatened with legal action, or if someone was stupid enough to buy it, but it's not listed anymore, so don't waste your time looking for it.