I recently received cans of the latest seasonal specialty whipped up by Public Coast Brewing, Benny’s Maple Oat-Stack Stout. It was released on draft and in cans last month, and the description that went out with the press release says:

Benny’s Maple Oat-Stack Stout, with a 7.5% ABV, is a “catch-and-release” special release, which will be available while supplies last at the brewhouse. A full-bodied oatmeal stout, it offers a creamy mouthfeel and sweet maple biscuit aroma. It draws upon four kinds of malt — chocolate malt, oat malt, Prinz Malt and biscuit malt — as well as Ceylon cinnamon and maple, to deliver an intensely-flavored dark ale with a wide range of flavor balances and notes of caramel, chocolate and smoke.

It’s not the first stout from the brewery to have “Stack” in the name (a play on the nearby Haystack Rock that juts out of the ocean just off shore of Cannon Beach), though the addition of the cinnamon and maple give it an interesting spin.

I also received some Ranger Chocolate bonbons, which I’m told are a “preview of Public Coast’s upcoming collaboration with Ranger Chocolate” — so that will be one to watch out for soon.