Bitter Old Nut

Is your love of a good gin and tonic a sign of something deeply disturbing?

F. Scott Fitzgerald's favorite spirit (the author loved it in a Rickey cocktail) has been linked to psychopathic tendencies when consumed in gin-and-tonic form, according to a study by researchers at Austria's University of Innsbruck. The results of the 2015 study demonstrate that bitter taste preferences—like those associated with a gin and tonic—"are positively associated with malevolent personality traits."