Tennessee Code Title 57. Intoxicating Liquors § 57-4-109

(1) The qualified student tastes the alcoholic beverage while enrolled in a qualified academic institution;

(2) The qualified academic institution has established a program of study that is designed to train industry professionals in the production of fermented or distilled food or beverage products;

(3) The qualified student tastes the alcoholic beverage for educational purposes as part of the instruction in a course or training required for the program of study;  and

(4) The alcoholic beverage remains in the control of an authorized instructor of the qualified academic institution who is at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

(1) “Alcoholic beverage” includes beer as defined in § 57-5-101;

(2) “Program of study” means:

(3) “Qualified academic institution” means a public or private postsecondary institution accredited by a commission recognized by the United States department of education;

(4) “Qualified student” means a student enrolled in a fermentation science, wine making, mead making, brewing, or distilling program of study at a qualified academic institution;  and

(5) “Taste” means to draw an alcoholic beverage into the mouth, but does not include swallowing or otherwise consuming the alcoholic beverage.