INDIANAPOLIS – If customers can’t buy cold beer at Indiana convenience stores, they can do the next best thing—purchase a “Chill Indiana” glacier bag and add beer and free fountain ice. Indiana convenience stores have been battling the state over a law that only allows liquor stores to sell beer from coolers, The Times reports.

The “Chill Indiana” bags lower the temperature of beer in around 15 minutes, then keeps it cold for hours. More than 160 convenience stores stock the bags. “If customers want to buy cold beverages, such as water or soda, the bags will keep that beverage cold," said Scot Imus, executive director of the Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores Association. “Conversely, if the customer buys a product that stores are forced to sell warm, such as beer, the product will be cold by the time that customer reaches their destination.”

Convenience stores have long argued that Indiana residents should be given more choice when it comes to cold beer. Seventy percent of residents oppose the current law.

“This should not be viewed as a solution to our cold beer fight, as that battle continues,” Imus said. “There remains no public policy reason to allow liquor stores to sell cold beer but deny that right to grocery and convenience stores. This innovative approach does not run afoul of the cold beer prohibition because the customer will be chilling the beer after the point of purchase.”