Tom L.
Yelp
This is the place to get your growler filled with great beer if you're in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint area. They have about 20 beers (some cider and weird stuff) on tap and the growlers are $10-18 depending on the beer. They are happy to let you sample anything on tap that you please, which is great because they rotate their selections frequently--so frequently that the menu (detailing names, description and ABV of each option) is written on a chalkboard.
The small store is very clean and well-designed. You can drink there, but you probably don't want to. Think of a liquor store that sells just beer--the lighting is bright like a store, not like a bar, and there isn't much seating.
They also sell micro-brews by the bottle. We splurged and purchased "Beer Geek Breakfast"--a coffee stout from Norway/Denmark--for $21 for 25 oz I think. It was fabulous, and a fun treat (we only bought one bottle). They have some that sell for around $6 per bottle, too. (Maybe less, I don't know because I don't think this is what makes this place so special.) This is not where you go to get beer for a housewarming or graduation party, this is where you go to get beer for a hot second date that you're trying to get naked during.
On Value: A growler, at 64 oz and say, $12, rivals a six-pack of sam adams (in terms of quantity and price) at your corner bodega, but the beer, and the experience, is much better. My gf and I go on a date to BUY the beer, not drink the beer.
If you're reading this still, it probably mean you should get up and go to Brouwerij Lane--this is a great business that should be supported now so we have great beer choices in the future.
Cash only. Brouwerij Lane tote bags are $7--but I spend all my cash on beer and never got to buy one. I want one to carry a growler home in! (If the owners of BL are reading this, I think you should start a loyalty card so I could "earn" one after ten growlers or something.)