FOH Man Of The Year

[Glass Half Full]

Congrats George!  

[LaoFan]

On 1/9/2026 at 11:11 AM, LizardGizmo said:

Wow....I haven't been stunned in a while...! This is incredible, Rob, thank you!

*lights an impossibly tight Cohiba Lancero and clears throat*

This really is a special place. I stumbled in here years ago looking for humidification guidance (shoutout @PigFish), and since then I’ve been an absolute sponge for the depth of knowledge this community offers. Before FOH, I didn’t really have an online ‘home’ - and not just for cigars. Obviously that changed very quickly…

Every time I log on, it feels like I’m walking into our 24/7 member lounge - where the technical, the historical, the experiential, the business-savvy, and the humor all coexist (and let’s not forget the cigars). This combination is impossibly rare and it’s what keeps the bar here set so high.

FOH has also been instrumental in the success for the podcast - and certainly a great deal of fuel each week, also. Without Rob’s and the forum’s early support of it in its infancy, I’m not sure if we’d be even close to where we are today. Every single time I receive feedback or recommendations from a fellow member, it’s helpful, constructive and often hilarious. I can’t thank you all enough for this.

I also want to sincerely thank the entire admin and moderator team as well. Keeping a place like this honest, thoughtful, and welcoming isn’t easy, and it doesn’t go unnoticed - especially when we’re all teeing off about arrests, nations collapsing and NFL lunacy.

The fellow FOH Men of the Year are titans and I am truly honored. I feel like Wayne and Garth today: “NOT WORTHY! NOT WORTHY!”

I proudly wear my 2024 BigGuns FOH MOTY t-shirt often. Having this brilliantly modified FOHLizard shirt to wear into every podcast recording and on FOH Discord is both hilarious and a complete honor.

I’ve been fortunate in the past to receive recognition in other parts of my life, but this one hits differently. To be recognized by Rob and FOH - a class act of a community I genuinely admire and learn from means more to me than I can easily put into words.

Thank you all for contributing so positively to my cigar (and life) experience. I’m eternally grateful!!

@LizardGizmo was uber helpful when I planned my first Cuba trip last year. Much appreciated & Congrats!