A PUB with no booze – that is the fear for one pub after not receiving enough beer.

The Grey Goat Inn at Baggrow, like others, have suffered at the hands of the pandemic and the final bank holiday of the summer has been much anticipated.

But its landlords were left worried that they wouldn't have enough beer to last the weekend let alone until their next delivery.

Ainsley Wood runs The Grey Goat Inn with her husband Charles. The pair took over the business just before the pandemic hit and this was their first bank holiday without restrictions.

She said: “It’s a nightmare. There are no delivery drivers and that is what is causing the problem.

“We put our order in for 13 barrels and out of that we managed to get two.

“It’s not too bad for the lager drinkers, if we run out of draft they could go to bottles and the same with cider drinkers but it’s the customers who drink the likes of John Smiths and Guinness.

“We don’t know how busy we’re going to be we could run out before we get a delivery but at the same time we don’t know what we will get in our next delivery.”

After a difficult year they were just starting to get back on their feet but she feels this is just another blow.

She said: “It feels like they’re just kicking us when we are down. There is light at the end of the tunnel but we just don’t know if we will make it to the end of the tunnel before the light goes out.”

Pubs will serve an estimated six million fewer pints this bank holiday than the same period in 2019, an industry body has said.

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) said its members expect to lose out on £25 million in revenue from pint sales, down 10 per cent on revenue for the same bank holiday in 2019 before Covid arrived.

The BBPA is urging the Government to invest in the sector to help it bridge the gap in revenues.