Meet Rocco, the whisky-sniffing dog who hunts bad casks in a Scotch distillery

A one-year-old cocker spaniel named Rocco has been employed to sniff out imperfections in wooden whisky barrels at a Scottish distillery. – Photo: Instagram/GrantsWhisky

A one-year-old cocker spaniel named Rocco has been employed to sniff out imperfections in wooden whisky barrels at a Scottish distillery with an aptly named boss.

Any problems he finds among the casks at Grant's whisky distillery in Girvan, southwest Scotland, will be reported to global associate brand director Chris Wooff.