In the nearly four years OC Blog has been in existence, I've never posted about a consumer product (with the glorious exception of Broguiere's the Champagne of Egg Nogg).

It's time for another exception.

I'm a rum guy. I'm not an aficianado or an expert. I just really like the stuff.

Last week I came across a brand I had never seen before, at a liquor mart in Vallyermo, of all places: Sailor Jerry's Spiced Navy Rum.

According to the label, it's the special recipe of -- you guessed it -- Sailor Jerry Collins,  "the most famous tattoo artist of all time."

I'd never heard of him before, but this little nugget of information on the bottle caught my eye:

92 proof.

I'd never come across a rum of that potency. Myer's, Mount Gay, Bacardi, Captain Morgan, Havana Club, etc. - they're all in the 70-80 proof range.

But despite its strength, Sailor Jerry is very smooth -- even taken straight.

So all you rum drinkers amongst the universe of OC blog readers: pick up a bottle of Sailor Jerry's if you have a chance and give it a try. You won't regret it.