Though a really good IPA ( India Pale Ale) sure hits the spot when I'm > eating > chili (and other picante dishes). > > Coyote > Howlin' for Habaneros > Agreed Coyote ... Micro brew IPA's even better than Sierra Nevada and the like. For the non-beer ChileHeads, and IPA is beer for HopHeads only. Also, Brooklyn Brewery Weiss or Ale, and Rolling Rock (can you believe it?) will put out fires from Chiles better than most other beers (David Rosengarten on Taste), tasted and tested by me - turns out to be true. Ancho amazed? I was. Garrymass@aol.com