Heard the one about the Irish doctor who set up a brewery in the Catlins with his Scottish mate?
Meet Keith Abbott, a locum general practitioner and clinical adviser for WellSouth (previously known as the Southern PHO).
He and his friend and business partner, Norm MacLeod, founded the Catlins Brewery earlier this year.
The pair met at Kaka Point when Dr Abbott was working as a GP at Clutha Health First.
Mr MacLeod, who has a wireless internet business, Yrless Ltd, was installing internet at Dr Abbott's home and the pair ''instantly hit it off'', talking about fishing and beer.
"You know what happens when Scotland and Ireland get together. We're a very social bunch,'' Mr MacLeod quipped.
Originally from Northern Ireland, Dr Abbott first came to New Zealand on his OE 10 years ago, working in Invercargill as a junior doctor and travelling around the country.
He returned permanently in 2007, after doing more medical training abroad, and now lives at Brighton.
Mr MacLeod, from the Outer Hebrides, has been in New Zealand since 1999. His wife was from South Otago.
Both men missed the beer choices of home and it was a natural progression to start home brewing.
They started about five years ago, in typical Kiwi fashion, with ''tin kit beers'' but quickly progressed on to all grain brewing, which gave them much better results.
They received national home-brew medals.
Owning and running a commercial brewery had been an ambition for some time, Dr Abbott said.
They were now getting a new 300-litre system made locally, which should be ready this month.
The launch of the company came about after people kept talking about their beers and asking where they could buy them.
The Whistling Frog, in the Catlins, was keen to have the local brews on tap and they planned to launch there in the very near future.
From there, they planned to supply outlets throughout Otago before, hopefully, expanding throughout the South Island and beyond.
One of the great things they had found about the craft beer industry was that everybody was so supportive.
''It's definitely a nice business to be in,'' Dr Abbott said.
They had a very successful day at the recent Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival, with customers returning throughout the day and other brewers giving them tips.
The Catlins Brewery was very much inspired by the people and landscapes of the Catlins region, they said.
Where possible, they sourced their ingredients locally or from within the South Island, which they believed was one of their points of difference.
Their recent Honey Scrumpy Cider was made from apples from trees alongside the old Catlins railway line and honey from Owaka.
Local names were used, such as the Nuggety Black Stout and Port Molyneux IPA, and each bottle would have a story on the label.
The idea was to promote the Catlins area as well as their beer and cider, they said.
They had a range of about six beers and ciders and the plan was to also have some festive releases.
They were working on some Scottish beers with a Kiwi spin, using manuka-smoked grain instead of peat smoked.
Mr MacLeod has converted his large basement into a brewery and the plan is to eventually build a purpose-built building with a tasting room.
At the moment, brewing was ''very part-time'' for both men. While they tried to dedicate one day a week to it, in reality it took up evenings and weekends, Dr Abbott said.
Mr MacLeod was looking to step back from being so hands-on with his internet business to a more managerial role, which would give him more time to do other things.
Dr Abbott said he could not envisage himself ever giving up medicine completely but he enjoyed the ''completely different challenge'' of brewing.
While it was the pair's hobby, it was now at a level where they could enjoy it and share it with others, he said.
''If it's successful, that'll be fantastic.
''Who knows where things start and end up?''
Craft beers had become a ''big thing'' in the UK, with pubs having at least five or six on tap, Mr MacLeod said.
The pair were advocates for sensible drinking, with Dr Abbott saying craft beer was ''to be enjoyed rather than abused''.
''The great thing about craft beer is it's all about mood and season and the food you're having,'' he said.
When it came to the business, the two men had complementary skills, with Mr MacLeod assuming the position of head brewer and Dr Abbott in a managing director role.
An engineer by trade, Mr MacLeod was ''allergic to paperwork'' and preferred working with machinery and electronics, while Dr Abbott looked after the administrative side.
When Mr MacLeod first arrived in New Zealand, he could ''hardly read and write''.
Dyslexia was not particularly well known when he went school, although that had changed now, he said.
He was very grateful for the assistance he had from Speld in Dunedin and In2Learning in Balclutha.
Mr MacLeod was keen to help others who wanted to learn how to brew, with a possibility of having open days.
The pair agreed the business was busier than anticipated but they were both enjoying it.
One of the biggest problems was that they had not been fishing for a long time, as they were too busy brewing, Dr Abbott said, laughing.
