Fear: Less Beer!

Say it ain’t so:

Passengers looking to grab a cold one aboard the Guy V. Molinari and the Spirit of America ferry boats have been out of luck lately.

Instead of Budweiser tall boys, brew-seekers have found “no beer” signs since Thursday, said a cashier for the Liberty Cafe, the onboard snack shop which usually sells the beer. The problem may be a liquor license issue, according to the cashier who declined to give his name.

Beer has not been banned from the Staten Island Ferry, said city Department of Transportation spokesman Seth Solomonow. Each class of boats obtains its own liquor license from the State Liquor Authority (SLA), he said.

If the problem is with the liquor license, it would only affect the Molinari-class of boats, not the entire fleet. Only the Molinari and the Spirit of America would be affected because the John J. Marchi is out of service.

The SLA and the Liberty Cafe could not be reached for comment last night.