Case is Altered, Eastcote, Pinner

There are three handpumps in what I would regard as the main (carpeted) lounge bar on the left, dispensing Rebellion Zebedee; Berkshire Good Old Boy; and Sharp's Special. Down a step on the right is a smaller room (public bar) with a flagstone floor, and the bit of the bar counter that extends to here had a further two handpumps, dispensing Doom Bar and Rebellion IPA during my Thursday lunchtime visit. So, as the beers are not doubled up you need to visit both rooms to see everything that's on as they don't seem to go in for double clipping, and I didn't spot any list of ales available. There was a water dispenser on the counter, along with glasses so customers could help themselves without having to waste the barmaid's time. A nice touch I think. There's also a coffee machine which is obviously no great surprise. As stated by the previous reviewer, there's a large amount of outside seating at the front. At the back is a further room with tables laid for diners, but this is a relatively recent addition to the pub. There were old posts and beams all over the place, and although the main structure of the pub (excepting the dining room at the back) is unchanged much of the beams and posts are not original and added to give the place a rustic appeal. But there's enough of heritage interest here for the pub to earn a place on CAMRA's Regional Inventory of pubs with historic interiors. There are single sheet menus on all the tables with main courses from £10 (chestnut mushroom risotto and truffle oil), to £16.50 (28-day aged sirloin, etc, etc) - I had the Case Burger, smoked cheese and triple cooked chips for £11. Spurning the dining area at the back, I obviously sat in the public bar area. As an aside, I wonder why they feel a need to fry (or cook?) the chips three times. My local chippy seems to be able to do it in one go! I wonder if it's because it lets them fry a load in one go, and give them another boost of hot fat to heat them up when some punter orders chips? They certainly appeared as if they had been heated up, but maybe I'm doing them an injustice. Anyway, I didn't think that re-frying them had done them any favours. Ignoring my food rant - I think that this is a lovely pub that I would recommend. It's a bit out of the way (although it's on a bus route), hence the large car park at the front which was well populated on Thursday afternoon. I guess this is the sort of place where you would get retired people going out drinking during the week - shocking behaviour. My pint of Good Old Boy was in super shape, and I would be very happy to visit this pub again.