Just took a grav reading of my imp stout brewed on the 2nd. Wanted to see how my baby was fermenting. I haven't made an imp stout before, so I'm pretty excited. Anyways I gave it a taste and it has a extreme harsh alcohol taste, i was hoping to bottle on the 30th and let it sit in bottles until christmas and crack one open to celebrate my holiday. Do you guys think it will have mellowed out much at all by then? OG 1.082 currently at 1.020. I used a big english ale yeast started and I believe the beer is going to land in the 8.5 abv zone. It is an all grain brew.