David Nahmias

David Nahmias is master distiller at Nahmias et Fils Distillery in Yonkers, where distillation is the work and the discipline behind it is visible in the result. Raised in Taznakht, Morocco, Nahmias brings a rooted sense of place to the still. Before distilling, he worked as a computer-software engineer, and that background shows in the method: measured, exacting, and built around structure. The bridge between software engineering and distillation is precision. In one field, small changes alter a system; in the other, they alter aroma, texture, and finish. At Nahmias et Fils Distillery in Yonkers, that technical habit becomes part of the craft itself, where repetition, patience, and careful adjustment shape what comes off the still. Taznakht, Morocco remains part of the frame. For a distiller, that kind of origin matters less as story than as grounding: a reminder that the work begins with what is already there and is carried forward with attention. In that sense, Nahmias’s role as master distiller reads as stewardship as much as production.