Belt’s Beer Garden: Way Out West...Still

I continue my West Coast binge this week as I bring you beers from SoCal and southern Oregon (SoOre just doesn’t have the same ring to it...).

First up, California’s Iron Fist.

Iron Fist is family-owned and calls Vista, California home. The brewery, located about 40 miles north of San Diego, has been around since October of 2010. Currently you can find their concoctions all over California as well as in Hawaii, Arizona, Ohio, and Seattle, Washington. They offer an array of year-round beers (nine in total) including their Nelson the Impaler, which I was able to snag while I was in California.

Nelson the Impaler is an American pale ale that was made with a single hop – Nelson Sauvin (from New…