
Bar & Cocktail-Related Mnemonics
A mnemonic is a sentence, formula, or rhyme that helps you to remember something.
Apparently, Alcohol Helps You Remember Things. Followed immediately by: Except where you left your keys.
Music
(EADGBE)
Guitar tuning — E, A, D, G, B, E.
Every Alcoholic Drink Gets Better Eventually.
Every Afternoon, Drink Gin Before Eating.
Circle of Fifths
(FCGDAEB)
The circle of fifths (C is a fifth of F, etc.) — F, C, G, D, A, E, B.
Fat Corpulent Germans Drink And Eat Badly.
Freddy Can Get Drunk At Every Bar.
Digits of Pi
Counting the letters of each word gives you the value of pi 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9, 2, 6, 5.
May I have a large container of Bloody Marys?
Metric Prefixes
(KHDBDCM)
Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Base, Deci, Centi, Milli — KHDBDCM
Keep Her Daiquiris Behind Da Cocktail Menu.
Kind Hosts Drink Bourbon During Cocktail Meetings.
Order of Operations
(PEMDAS)
Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction — PEMDAS
Please Enjoy Martinis During Afternoon Service.
Please Empty My Daiquiri And Shaker.
Pour Every Martini, Daiquiri And Sidecar.
Planets Before Aug. 24, 2006
(MVEMJSUNP)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Paloma's.
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pints.
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Painkillers.
Planets After Aug. 24, 2006
(MVEMJSUN)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Negronis.
Spectral Classes of Stars
(OBAFGKMRNS)
O, B, A, F, G, K, M, R, N, S.
On bad afternoons, fermented grapes keep Mrs. Richard Nixon smiling.
Taxonomy
(KPCOFGS)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species — KPCOFGS
Kings play chess on Fridays, guzzling Schlitz.
Mitosis
(PMAT)
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase — PMAT
Pour Me Another Tequila.
Resistor Color Bands
(BBROYGBVGW)
Black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, gray, white — BBROYGBVGW
Bad beer rots our young guts, but vodka goes well.
Bad Beer Really Offends Young Guests, But Vodka Goes Well.
Seven Continents
(EAAAANS)
Europe, Antarctica, Asia, Africa, Australia, North America, South America — EAAAANS
Great Lakes
(HOMES)
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior — HOMES
Hangovers Often Make Everyone Sorry.
Compass Directions
(NESW)
North, East, South, West — NESW
Never Enter Sober, Walter.
Never Enjoy Sour Whiskey.
Colors of the Rainbow
(ROYGBIV)
Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet — ROYGBIV
Rum Or Your Gin? Bartender, I'll Vote.
Really Old Yellow Gin Belongs In Venice.
Atmosphere Layers
(TSMTE)
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere — TSMTE
Tequila Shots Make Terrible Endings.
Geological Eras
(PMC)
Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic — PMC
Pour More Cognac.
Simple. Educational. Civilized.
The Oceans
(PAISA)
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic — PAISA
Pour Another IPA, Sally, Again.
Please Add Ice, Spirits, Alcohol.