Downeast Cider’s popularity has experienced growth at breakneck speeds since establishing its Charlestown cider house location and, like many of the other local breweries and distilleries scattered around Greater Boston, has aptly catered to the quality-driven tastebuds (and livers) of locals and nonnatives, alike. Downeast is so large and so loved, in fact, that they’ve outgrown their facility and are looking to set up a new shop.

Co-founder Ross Brockman told BostInno that Downeast has maxed out its current space and is looking to relocate to larger digs as soon as possible. The looming question, of course, is where they’ll be able to find enough square footage to accommodate their rapid growth.

Brockman preferred not to disclose the amount of cider Downeast makes on a daily basis.

“In a perfect world we’d stay in Charlestown, but there’s not a ton of good space for us here,” said Brockman. “We want to be close enough to the city that we’re easily accessible to visit.”

Downeast was eyeing a spot in the East Boston shipyard, the Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, before things fell through at the last second. Sources told BostInno that Building 32, often used by HarborArts as event space because of its vastness, was in Downeast’s sights.

A building representative confirmed with BostInno that they were talking to a “cider brewery” about leasing the space but wasn’t able to tell us which specifically. Though he mentioned that there was interest from both parties on striking a deal, it was hardly set in stone and both still needed to come to terms on rent, scope, business plan and improvements.

Unfortunately, things recently fell through and now Downeast is scoping the city for a hefty 15,000 to 25,ooo-square feet.

“We have to order smaller than ideal inventory quantities due to storage restrictions,” said Brockman.

With the additional expanse, Downeast will have the ability to not only move its current equipment but increase its tank capacity as well as improve its tour and tasting capabilities.

That being said, it’s not Downeast’s intention to spend lavishly on items that boast surface-level beauty at the risk of compromising the quality and integrity of its production process and final product.

The utmost priority is concocting a delicious product and if that means buying a second-hand tank that’s proven to work better than one fresh off the line, it means buying a second-hand tank.

“Every week we see brewery after brewery building out $5 million expansion this, $10 million expansion that,” said Brockman. “Tiny breweries! Smaller than us, even. I think these guys let their egos run wild on over-the-top tap rooms and unnecessarily expensive (new) equipment so they can flex their muscles and say ‘look how cool we are.'”

As of now Downeast is hunkered down in Charlestown but continues to scour the city for space that can accommodate. Ideally they’ll stay close to their current location – which also happens to be close to my apartment – but wherever they land is sure to please the surrounding cider patrons several times over.