Iowa Brewers Union

Iowa Brewers Union IBU is a non-profit club devoted to advancing the art and science of home brewing in central Iowa. We also hold many brewing events out side of our meetings.

The Iowa Brewers Union meets every 3rd Monday of the month in Des Moines, IA. At our meetings, we go over our current events and anything related to us brewing. We'll sometimes have speakers come by to tell us about their product or events/issues. We'll also compare styles and obviously drink each others brew, along with talking about topics that help us all brew better beer. Many of our members a

re now BJCP judges that help judge competitions around the mid-west. Our club produces so much beer that we serve our own samples of home brews at many local events and charities around the state of Iowa. We've participated in the 'Iowa Beer Festival' held in Amana, IA, charity events for the 'Living of History Farms' in Des Moines, events at the Salisbury House in Des Moines. Also, the IBU even has its own successful home brew serving night (Jimmy Carter Happy Hour) at its meeting location 'El Bait Shop', where every Thursday night, different IBU members use the club jockey boxes to serve customers samples their own local home brew.

05/08/2026

Tune in tomorrow night!

Join us for the first outdoors Jimmy Carter Happy Hour of the year tonight at El Bait Shop! We’ll start setting up at 6p...
05/07/2026

Join us for the first outdoors Jimmy Carter Happy Hour of the year tonight at El Bait Shop! We’ll start setting up at 6pm with beers flowing shortly after 🍻

The club will also be debuting our digital tap list app where you can check out what’s pouring at JCHH (and you can see what you’re missing out on if not attending 😆):

https://iowabrewersunion.com/jchh/taplist.html



03/20/2026

IBU Wort Challenge Beer is out today! Kc and Randy will be at Confluence Brewing Company tomorrow night around 6PM to celebrate.

A great showing by the IBU - congrats to all the winners 🎉🥇🥈🥉Thank you to all who helped make the IBU Open a success and...
03/08/2026

A great showing by the IBU - congrats to all the winners 🎉🥇🥈🥉

Thank you to all who helped make the IBU Open a success and to Confluence Brewing Company for being such a great host!!

03/07/2026

Tune in here at 6pm for our live stream of the IBU Open awards ceremony 🎉🥇🥈🥉

It’s a busy week for the IBU as we judge beers for the IBU OPEN! 🍻And… While the judges are busy, I need your help!Youtu...
03/06/2026

It’s a busy week for the IBU as we judge beers for the IBU OPEN! 🍻

And…
While the judges are busy, I need your help!
Youtube has a silly little rule about needing 50 subscribers before it’ll let us do a livestream can you help us reach that goal by subscribing?

https://youtube.com/?si=FEtcpifbQxGwi-y2

And if you’re wondering about judging beer…
🍻 Yes, it’s a delicious job.
🍻 Yes, you can become a BJCP certified judge and help next year! Let us know in the comments and we can help.

The Iowa Brewers Union home brew club is a non-profit organization, fully chartered by the American Homebrewers Association, and devoted to advancing the art and science of home brewing in central Iowa. Our members range in brewing experience from beginning home brewers to pro brewers who own their....

Judging some crushers on a Wednesday night!
03/05/2026

Judging some crushers on a Wednesday night!

First judging session is underway for IBU Open. Small session so our new competition coordinator can some practice with ...
02/28/2026

First judging session is underway for IBU Open. Small session so our new competition coordinator can some practice with electronic scoresheets. Thanks to our club judges who made time today!

02/22/2026

IBU Open 2026 entries have been checked in. Your account should now show as received. Look forward to starting judging March 2nd. Still time to register as a judge if you haven't already!

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The shipping/drop off window for IBU Open started today! If you are dropping off, make sure to grab a beer with our frie...
02/09/2026

The shipping/drop off window for IBU Open started today! If you are dropping off, make sure to grab a beer with our friends, and amazing hosts at Confluence Brewing Company. we are 12 days from our bottle sort. We could use more judges, so if you have been putting it off, make sure to register soon! Cheers!

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

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