OP, if this was an extract kit and you used water to top off, your gravtiy wasn't really 1.110 - you simply didn't fully mix the top off water in, and your gravity sample contained more of the concentrated wort than the top off water.
This is a COMMON mistake for new brewers (I did it on my first two batches). If you used the correct amount of extract and hit your volume, your gravity can only be within a couple thousandths of the recipe - there is a set amount of sugar there, and your process can't increase this.
Hot flavors come from fusel alcohols and green beer, and usually have to do with you letting your fermentation temps get too high. Either way, you are still probably going to have to let this batch age a bit (but probably not a year or more... I'm betting that your gravity was a lot lower than you measured).