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Yet-to-open World of Beer in Gilbert sets sights on world-record tap takeover

The new Gilbert location of World of Beer, scheduled to open late this year at SanTan Village, already has scheduled its first event – and it’s a doozy.

A Sierra Nevada tap takeover will take place Saturday, Jan. 18, and WOB will be trying to set a world record for the biggest tap takeover.

The current world record, coincidentally, is a Sierra Nevada tap takeover held at Cannery Row Brewing Co. in Monterey, Calif., in 2012 with 70 beers.

But WOB already might be beaten: HopCat, a craft beer bar that opens Thursday in East Lansing, Mich., is hosting a 100-beer Short Brewing tap takeover that day.