What to do about my water?

[JMathie77]

What is my best option for treating my water? My pale ales and ipa's just aren't the quality that I would like and I feel I'm at the point of messing with my water but it's just a lot to learn. Right now is my best bet just diluting with some distilled water? Can some of you veteran brewers help me? Thanks in advance.

 

[Qhrumphf]

That alkalinity is astronomical. It may be worth trying to precipitate out the alkalinity via boiling, but it's probably easier to just go with 100% RO water. I wouldn't even try to treat your water with acid to overcome that, you'd have to use so much that you may be able to actually taste it.