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 bachelor's degree program 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 required for the bachelor's degree; 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) “Qualified academic institution” means a public or private university accredited by a commission recognized by the United States department of education;

(3) “Qualified student” means a student enrolled in a fermentation science degree program at a qualified academic institution who has completed a minimum of sixty (60) hours of coursework; and

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