The Penicillin Cocktail

Death & Taxes · 26 Cheney St, Reno · deathandtaxesreno.com

The Penicillin is a modern classic — built on blended scotch, honey, ginger, and lemon, with a smoky Islay float that arrives like a weather system changing overhead. Death & Taxes adds brown butter to the equation, lending a richness that makes their version something distinctly their own. Compass Box scotch. Perfect balance.

The bar itself deserves equal billing. Dark, moody, atmospheric in a way that few Reno bars even attempt — chandeliers, hushed tones and a spirits list that reads like a collector's fever dream. Pappy Van Winkle flights. Buffalo Trace Antique Collections. Louis XIII cognac by the ounce. On any given night in Reno, you can sip something extraordinary in a room that feels like it was airlifted from the Vegas cocktail underground.

The Penicillin is the reason to come. The room is the reason to stay.