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Grand
Pavois 2008
Visit of Ireland's Ambassador to France...
During the show, H.E. Anne Anderson paid a kind visit to The General Humbert's pub at the Irish marquee. She congratulated Nick and PéPé for their ability to re-create the authentic "craic" of a real Irish pub at the show!
Rugby
- Stade Rochelais - 2008 ProD2 Semi-Final
After-game party...
Stade Rochelais
celebrating qualification.
One year after reaching the 2007 ProD2 Final,
the La Rochelle rugby team again qualified for the 2008 Semi-Final against
the Parisian team Metro Racing 92.
It was worth a good celebration party at The General Humbert's!
1608
- 2008 400th Anniversary
Bushmills 1608 46%...
A newcomer
in The General Humbert's range of fine whiskies is the Bushmills 1608
Reserve which is normally only available at Duty-Free shops.
A special bottling to commemorate the 400th
anniversary of the license to distil aqua vitae in Antrim originally granted
in 1608 to Sir Thomas Phillips. This has already won 'Best Irish Blended
Whiskey (No Age Statement)' at the World Whiskies Awards 2008.
Bushmills
1608 is a premium blended Irish whiskey. The heart of the blend is made
of Bushmills malt whiskey distilled with crystal malt. This special type
of malted barley is obtained by gently roasting the germinated barleycorns
while still moist, which partly crystallizes the grains and enhances the
natural sweetness of the malt.When carefully distilled and matured, crystal malt delivers exceptional smoothness as well as distinct toffee and chocolaty notes.
This "crystal malt" whiskey is carefully blended with classic Bushmills malt whiskey matured in a combination of American oak casks and Spanish Oloroso Sherry casks, lending notes of vanilla and honey, dried fruit and nuts to the final blend. There is also a small proportion of aged Irish grain whiskey contributing a sweet, fresh crisp note to Bushmills 1608.
Bushmills 1608 is bottled at the slightly higher than normal strength of 46% ABV for optimum flavour development.
Ask your favorite barman at The General Humbert's for a glass or your whiskey shop to find a bottle or two before 2009 comes. It will be harder to get after this special year...
Clipper
07-08 race / Benromach whisky
Tasting session of the Benromach whiskies...
Benromach
Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a race partner of the Glasgow: Scotland
with style Clipper in the Clipper 07-08 The Round the World Yacht Race.
Didier Terraube of La Maison Du Whisky has invited 30 key customers (restaurant
and wine & spirit cellar owners) to meet Michael Urquhart and Derek
Hancock of Gordon & MacPhail (owners and proprietors of Benromach
Distillery).
During this whisky tasting session, the full range of Benromach products
was presented by Derek and Michael.
Grand
Pavois on-water international boat show
John O'Shea, Mayor of County Cork at The General Humbert.
On the occasion
of the Grand Pavois on-water boat nautical show, John O'Shea, Mayor of
Cork County and an Irish delegation paid a kind visit to our pub.
Ireland and County Cork will be the Guest of Honour Country of the Grand
Pavois 2008.
La
Rochelle "Whisky Hotspots"
Whisky Magazine selects
The General Humbert's...
“Whiskey Magazine ” – the dedicated magazine of Whisky lovers and specialists in France, selected our pub in its September/October 2007 issue as one of the five La Rochelle's best "Whisky hotspots" (wine & spirit cellars, restaurants, bars).
2007
Rugby World Cup
AliceRugby.fr selects
The General Humbert's...
“Alice”
– Internet provider of the Telecom Italia group – and a partner
to the 2006-2007 Heineken Cup tournament, selected our pub on its website
among France's best "rugby hotspots" where to go out during
the Rugby World Cup.
You can access that page by clicking on the following logo:
Partnership
Francofolies 2007
Again this
year, we will sponsor the 23rd edition of the Francofolies of La Rochelle
music festival.
See you at the pub for a few live gigs in
the evening or at the official sponsor marquee!
Rémy Martin, the
Stade Français flanker
at The General Humbert's
Rémy
Martin (born 10 August 1979 in Aubenas, Ardèche) is a French rugby
union footballer, currently playing with Stade Français Paris in
the Top 14 club competition in France, he has also played for France.
His usual position is flanker. (1m95, 107kg) Martin made his international debut for France in 2002, in a match against England during the 2002 Six Nations Championship on March 6. Martin played in two other tests for France during the tournament, against Scotland and Ireland. In 2003, he played four matches for Stade Français during the 2002-03 Heineken Cup, scoring a try in a pool match against Rovigo. Stade Français made it to the final of the domestic championship of France, where they met Stade Toulousain. Stade Français defeated Toulouse 32 points to 18 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis.
In 2005, he was called up to the French squad for tests against the Springboks and Australia. He played in the first test against the Springboks on June 18, and then had a starting position in the subsequent tests against South Africa again, and Australia. He earned another four caps that year, playing tests against Australia, Canada, Tonga and South Africa in November.
In 2006, Martin played two matches for France during the 2006 Six Nations Championship, against Scotland and Ireland. France went onto win the tournament. He was then selected in the French squad for tests against Romania and the Springboks in June.
A little Carlow savoir faire for La Rochelle pub
With Terry Reilly
A FRENCH man who spent a year
in Carlow IT was so inspired by his experience of Carlovian culture that
he opened an Irish bar in La Rochelle, France.
Nicholas Bourdel came to Carlow in 1996 as an International Business student
and lived in Browne Street. He never forgot his experience and dedicated
a pub to its honour in February, 2004.
“I fell in love with Ireland and enjoyed the atmosphere in Carlow
so much that, going back to France, I felt that I had to open an Irish
pub one day,” he told The Nationalist.
“We decided to call the pub “The General Humbert’s” as a tribute to that French general who came to help the Irish in their rebellion in 1798. This general left France from La Rochelle, so it makes the link between La Rochelle in France and Ireland.”
The student-turned-businessman took some influences from Carlow life for his bar.
“My room was very small but not far from the college and it was great fun to live two minutes walk from the Dinn Rí, Scragg’s or Tully’s. It was very… convenient.I do remember everything about Carlow and got back there twice since 1997."
“There is no denying that it is impossible to have a complete Irish bar abroad, especially in a non-English speaking country with a different culture. But there’s none of the usual Guinness posters on the walls or no green colour on the front.“The Irish tourists that come to us every summer are amazed by the pub and we are really proud of it.”Nicholas wanted to stay in Carlow to complete his degree but received a call up for military service and returned to France.
“My girlfriend was also
in France so I returned and it turned out to be a good choice in one way
because we are now married and have two children, the third one is due
to August - we’re beginning to look like an Irish family now.”
He is not the only La Rochelle man with a gr· for Carlow and, coincidentally,
has a regular customer living opposite his house who also went to the
IT two years ago. Now he’s hoping to get some Irish visitors.
“It will be very easy in the near future as Ryanair are going to
open a new route from Dublin to La Rochelle in Spring. It will allow people
from Carlow to taste the real black stuff.”
Journées
Européennes du Patrimoine
In the steps of
General Humbert...
Every year
the Journées Européennes du Patrimoine take the French and
La Rochelle people on a cultural high.
On the third weekend in September, as many
cities in France, La Rochelle opens the doors to many of its historical
treasures including the towers, government buildings and museums.
Thanks to its historical memorabilia, The General Humbert's Irish pub
is part of this cultural program.
250 visitors participated in the various French or English guided tours
of the pub on Saturday and Sunday afternoons in order to discover the
history of General Humbert's expedition to Ireland in 1798.
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Rugby
François Duboisset on holidays
The Canal+
journalist and rugby consultant and former France and CA Brive flanker
paid a kind visit to The General Humbert's.
We took a nice picture of him in between
the local Stade Rochelais pros Franck Jacob and Nicolas Djebaïli!
The
General Humbert's
Amateur Golf Classic 2006
On Sunday
11th of June took place at the ASPF La Jarne Golf Club the first General
Humbert Amateur Golf Classic tournament.
Among the ASPF golfers, many professional rugby players of the La Rochelle
team were playing as well.
Course
Croisière Edhec
(annual French schools regatta)
The Sup de Co Amiens-Picardie crew & skippers
During the
Course Croisière Edhec 2006 regatta, the crews of the two yachts
of the Amiens graduate business school had their headquarters at The General
Humbert's.
On this occasion they had a fantastic night
with Celtic Folk band Mask Ha Gazh!
Do bubbles in Guinness
go down?
We all questionned ourselves
about the Guinness bubbles phenomenon...
The very serious Stanford Universty scientists recently published a report
bringing useful answers to this.
We
are used to seeing bubbles float up in a glass of beer, but bubbles in
Guinness appear to break the rules.
Do the bubbles really sink in Guinness, or is it just an illusion?
If the bubbles go down, where do they go? Why do they all end up at the head?
This serious study will show you some
video proof that the bubbles in Guinness do actually go down the inside
of the glass just after the beer is poured. To learn more, click on
the link below.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/Zarelab/guinness/
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