How long should I secondary my Strong Scotch?

[jman300sd]

I brewed a nice heavy scotch ale about three weeks ago. OG was 1.078. It looks to now be finished at 1.012. At some point soon I'm going to transfer it to a secondary to mellow out at about 60 degrees. The question is how long should I let it sit? It already tastes quite fantastic, but everything I've read indicates this type of beer benefits from some aging. The other option is just going straight to bottling and aging there for a few months, but I have yet to find any definitive evidence to suggest one method is better than the other.

 

[TarheelBrew13]

I brewed a scotch ale two years ago that was fantastic out of the bottle. Everyone seemed to like it buy for some reason I tucked a case away. I just drank a bottle of it last week and it has somehow gotten even better.

If you have the patience for it, you can't go wrong cellaring that beer.