Established in 2010 as WharfeBank Brewery, reportedly brewed at Fox Brewing Company.

They brewed on their own 20BBL plant, located in Poole In Wharfedale, Otley, in April 2010.

The brewery closed in Spring 2015 with production shifting to becoming contract brewed at Hambleton in 2016.

Beers sold under the Firestorm name "are what happens when Brewer Steve plays.".