diff --git a/app/models/brewery.rb b/app/models/brewery.rb
index b94720b..2c55dcf 100644
--- a/app/models/brewery.rb
+++ b/app/models/brewery.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ class Brewery < ApplicationRecord
 
   validates :name, presence: true
   validates :year, numericality: { greater_than_or_equal_to: 1040,
-                                   less_than_or_equal_to: 2023,
                                    only_integer: true }
+  validate :creation_year_not_in_future
+
+  def creation_year_not_in_future
+    if year > Time.now.year
+      errors.add :year, "cannot be in the future"
+    end
+  end
+
   def print_report
     puts name
     puts "established at year #{year}"