Noob looking for water advice.

[FreshSafari]

Now before I get chewed apart I tried to use bru n' water and ez water,
But for the life of me I can't figure it out. Now my question is broken up
into two parts,

1. My water report, what I can brew and how to change it to my style of beer.
2. How to create my ideal ipa/pale ale water if #1 isn't a good option & what brewing a salts to buy. #2 is using distilled or RO.

Now my water report just got back to me after a few emails and this is what I got from them..

Ca+2 / 38
Mg+2 / 16
Na+ / 66
Cr / 76
So4-2 / 110
Alkalinity / 10
Ph / 8.2

Now what should I do to target a ideal ipa / pale ale my recipe I'm working with for a while is just

2 row and carapils
Magnum for bittering
And single hopping test for multiple hops I have lined up.

Now #2
What brewing salts do I need to buy to achieve a ideal ipa water for my basic recipe I noted above.
And can anyone give me some good examples of good waters, I've tried to look for tasty's hoppy water profile but no luck.

And these are all for biab 3-5 gallon batches.

These questions probably make no gosh dang sense but it's a starting point maybe someone can help me.

 

[ajdelange]

Now before I get chewed apart I tried to use bru n' water and ez water,
But for the life of me I can't figure it out.

It can be bewildering. The Primer ( https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/) was written to help.

1. My water report, what I can brew and how to change it to my style of beer.

First thing to do is find out if that chromium is hexavalent. If it is, call Karen Brokovitch and prepare for a life of leisure.

Kidding there as I know you mean Cl, not Cr.

This is about as strange a water report as I have ever seen. It is very low in alkalinity (which is good) but is a bit high in sodium chloride and sodium sulfate. The levels are not intolerably high so that you could, in fact, brew many beers with this water without any treatment at all, including IPAs.

2. How to create my ideal ipa/pale ale water if #1 isn't a good option & what brewing a salts to buy. #2 is using distilled or RO.

There is no such thing as an ideal. The best depends on your criterion of optimality. Assuming that this is that you like the best beer better than any other then you find the optimum water by experimenting until you achieve no further improvement. The Primer (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/) may help you get started. Also the spreadsheets often list profiles suitable for different styles. These can serve as starting points.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f128/brewing-water-chemistry-primer-198460/

including IPAs.

Now my water report just got back to me after a few emails and this is what I got from them..

Ca+2 / 38
Mg+2 / 16
Na+ / 66
Cr / 76
So4-2 / 110
Alkalinity / 10
Ph / 8.2

Now what should I do to target a ideal ipa / pale ale

Start with that water. When the beer is finished taste it and then taste it again with additions of small amounts of sulfate and/or chloride in the glass. Use the results of these tastings to guide you as to how much additional sulfate and or chloride to add to the base water for subsequent brews.


including IPAs.

Now #2
What brewing salts do I need to buy to achieve a ideal ipa water for my basic recipe I noted above.

The only salts you are likely to need, if any, are calcium sulfate (gypsum) and calcium chloride, both sold by home brew shops.