IPA Water Treatment
I am about to brew a clone recipe of Dogfish Head's 60 minute IPA and I was wondering if I should do some water treatment on it. I've heard of people adding gypsum to their water to achieve a dryer flavor and I think I read something about it helping hop utilization. I haven't done any water treatment before, and I usually just use straight tapwater. Would it be a good idea to do some water treatment for this beer? (I'm in Philadelphia if that helps for the water profile)
Schuylkill river-Queen Lane plant:
- Ca-43 ppm
- Mg-13 ppm
- Sodium-35 ppm
- Chloride-92 ppm
- Sulfate-43.7 ppm
- Hardness-157
- Alk-CaCo3-65
- average Ph-7.1