1. Create Your Own Gin
Mrs Fogg's Dockside Distillery & Drinkery
Calling all brave and aspiring buccaneers to head below deck and embark on Mrs Fogg’s Gin Adventure. Sneak past the upper-class gentry on Mrs Fogg’s Victorian steamship down to the EnGINe Room, which has been fashioned into an illicit gin distillery.
After a welcome cocktail and an introduction to gin production from the Engine Master, you’ll work together to earn your safe passage aboard the ship, tasked to produce your own gin performing different tasks in this very immersive experience! With different flavours and botanicals, you’ll create a unique batch of hooch. Test its quality in a G&T, before taking home a personalised 200ml bottle of gin – an evocative reminder of life below deck. Your Gin Adventure will include light nibbles.
2. Try A Hot Cocktail
Mr Fogg's Secret Garden
Following his recent travels to cooler climates, Phileas Fogg has become fond of a warmer libation. He encourages all his patrons to indulge in a ‘Mulling Over Mischief’ this January, best enjoyed in the Secret Winter Garden.
3. Burns Night
Mr Fogg’s Society of Exploration
Celebrate Burns Night and sample adventurous whisky cocktails with a side of haggis! In celebration of one of Phileas Fogg’s favourite poets, Robert Burns, patrons of The Society are invited for an evening of Aberfeldy Whisky cocktails, haggis and other Scottish nibbles and entertainment from a traditional Scottish piper. Reel the night away and soak up the spirit and adventure of the great writer. Kilts encouraged, but not essential.
4. Try A Tipsy Afternoon Tea
Mr Fogg’s House of Botanicals
Escape the hustle and bustle of the Big Smoke and enjoy an afternoon of pure bliss in this Victorian inner-city oasis. With botanical-inspired artwork, show-stopping floral wallpaper and decorative soft furnishings, the plant-filled space provides a stunning backdrop for your indulgent afternoon Tipsy Tea.
Choose between five of Mr Fogg’s finest teapot cocktails inspired by exotic plants and botanicals, each expertly prepared by our skilled in-house botanists. Sip on your selected tipple from quaint Victorian teacups, whilst you indulge in a delightful array of plant-based sweet and savoury delectables – all served inside a birdcage beautifully adorned with flora and foliage- You can also upgrade to enjoy bottomless teapot cocktails!
5. Learn A New Language
Mr Fogg's Tavern
Learn a new language – January is a month for known resolutions, a common one being to learn a new language… So, the Landlady at Mr Fogg’s Tavern is throwing open her doors in upmost support to those resolute, and invites you to learn a little Cockney Rhyming Slang and have a jolly good time whilst doing so. Every Thursday evening in January Mr Fogg’s Tavern will be hosting a Cockney singalong, where you can make merry and enjoy the joyous tones of the ol’ johanna.
6. Go on A Gin Safari
Mr Fogg's Gin Parlour
Try a rare gin on Mr Fogg’s Gin Safari – Don your khaki clothing and join Mr Fogg on a gin safari, exploring all things juniper laced. Gain a deeper understanding of London’s favourite spirit, from tasting notes to tonics and hunt down the rarest gin among Mr Fogg’s impressive selection of over 200.
7. Attend an Explorer Talk
Mr Fogg's Residence
Be inspired by the adventures of a real explorer, at Mr Fogg’s Explorer Talks – Mr Fogg’s Residence welcomes young British explorer, Lucy Shepherd, fresh from an epic, unchartered Amazon adventure. In September 2021, Lucy became the first person to trek east to west across the Kanukus, Guyana, one of the last remaining unexplored wildernesses on earth. Listen in awe to the extraordinary journey across arduous mountains, through dense jungles and caiman infested rivers, whilst enjoying equally adventurous libations from Franklin & Sons.