Hi Matt, welcome to the boards!! Your (and my) local clubs are the Iowa Brewer Union, And Raccoon river brewers. IBU meets 3rd monday of the month at El Baitshop, RR meets i belive 2nd thursday at a members house. IBU also runs Jimmy Carter Happy hour at El Baitshop every thursday... Basically we serve home brew for a few hours, definatly a great learning experiance.
Hope that helps a little