I would bring an amber beer (fat tire, red oak, or third shift), Sam Adams lager Stellla, or Yuengling, and a dark stout (whatever is local). One thing that is kind of fun is to get a variety from a local brewery in larger bottle made for several people to share.
Don’t worry about it. You can make it a big joke about your beer ignorance, if it flops, or bask in your accidental expertise if it’s a hit. Lots of beer drinkers will drink anything. Correction, most beer drinkers will drink anything. Less than 20% of beer is either imported or what are called “craft beers.”
I have actually shocked (in a bad way) people by bringing an imported beer to a party. If you were assigned the beer duties, then the party probably does not have serious beer lovers.
Nobody can go wrong with a Sam Adams Boston Lager, or Sam Adams Light.
My colleagues sometimes give me Arrogant Bstrd Ale, it tastes pretty good.
There is a place near me that serves a large number of Belgian beers, many on tap. They don’t taste like Stella Artois. That’s a nice bottled, mass market beer.
I’m not much of a beer drinker but I’ve been surprised by Yuengling, which re-entered this market last year. I enjoy the stouts that come with gas widgets in the can, stuff like Murphy’s, which is popular in Ireland.
@MathildaMae, how much beer were you asked to bring?
Here’s an interesting snapshot of the great number of beers.
http://www.mensjournal.com/expert-advice/the-100-best-beers-in-the-world-20141106
The best part is that it does NOT attempt to rank the beers according to the reviews of … a bunch of people who might not necessarily have tasted the brews. For instance, I always wondered how many were able to rank Westvleteren XII when buying the nectar is almost an impossible task. Considering the recent entries, sites like the beer advocate have mostly lost their basic integrity – if they had it in the first place.
Part of the fun of looking at the images is to appreciate the humor in many names. In a way that is a departure from the more established wine world. Fwiw, in many parts of the world, consumption of beer is dwindling; wine is rising.
The only ones I’ve had from the link in #45 are Schneideweisse (I hate wheat beers so don’t like it), Pilsner Urquell (fine but boring) and the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (like and often buy). Many eons ago Consumer Reports rated something like Schlitz the best beer. There was such derision they opted in following years instead for a graph with beer names that put them on a continuum of more and less hoppy and more or less fruity. Similar to this one: http://www.howtobrew.com/images/f111.jpg I don’t like things on the bottom left or the top right. Actually I don’t like much of anything on the left. My nephew has become very fond of the seriously sour lemony lambic style beers. We dutifully tasted them all, but we won’t be getting them!
Regarding Lambic, there is often a problem of semantics. Take a look at the graph, and you have the Lambic at the bottom (the highest) of bitterness while the Fruity Ale is at the opposite side (one of the less bitter.) A few years ago, and probably at the “request” of the almighty Interbrew (that InBev AB juggernaut) the Belgian government relaxed the rules about Lambic, and that gave rise to various products that are very little lambic in it.
A product such as Lindemans Raspberry Lambic has very little to do with a “pure” lambic one could try at the Cantillon Museum in Belgium’s Anderlecht, and for the US palate, that is … probably a good thing. Fruity ales are often confused with fruity lambic.
This article has a LOT of the correct information about beers in Belgium.
Plenty of choices to find one that hits the right spot!
The stuff my nephew is drinking isn’t Belgian so they can probably do whatever they please. I’m not sure if I’ve had a traditional Belgian lambic since I only travel through Belgium once briefly in the five years I was in Europe and it was a long time ago. Probably should rectify that some time.
Off topic, but since we’re all beer lovers, maybe someone can help. I visited Switzerland a long time ago and had two local beers, Feldschlossen and Rugen Brau. Have never been able to find them back in the states. Anyone heard of them or have a lead?
Wonder if the OP plans to come back and read these responses…which are great.
I’m not a beer drinker…but I do have fun choosing beers to bring to events or serve at my house. Some have been real winners and some have been losers.
It would really help to know where this poster lives…Yeungling (oh that is not spelled correctly) is great, I hear, but it is not available everywhere.
Okay, quit dissing Bud. It’s a decent beer. Just not upscale “something different” for parties since most people already have it in their frig at home . I’ve never seen it left sitting in the cooler at a game.
And as for Belgium beers–they are blessed with 650 varieties so they claim. Hard to go wrong in Belgium!
My issue with Bud (and its kissing cousins Miller and Coors) is that you can a lot better for not much more, without even changing styles of beers. It’s like McDonald’s and Five Guys. I used to like McDonald’s… until I saw what I could get at Five Guys for just a few bucks more!
Besides, when I bring food or drink to a party, I want them to be treated right, and at the minimum that means that I want them to drink better and eat better than they would normally do for themselves. And that means no Bud. Sorry.
I am decidedly not an IPA drinker and I like Lienenkugel, Blue Moon, Corona, Sam Adams Porch Rocker. Fruity, not heavy, easy going beers. And I don’t have a problem with Budweiser but wouldn’t bring it to an adult party.
There is a website where people review different beers. It’s called ziggyzoggy.com. 
Beeradvocate is another great source for beer reviews
If I were assigned to bring beer to a party and I wanted to bring something that most beer drinkers like I would bring Leinenkugel’s Honeyweiss.
^That’s got to be a joke. Wheat beers are disgusting. (IMO of course - they are dh’s favorite!) But really they are an acquired taste. I’d never bring only a wheat beer to a party, though if I were bring a variety I’d bring both wheat beer and an IPA.
As with many things, never assume that everybody else will like your favorite beer.
Best advice is bring your favs and have a couple coolers filled with ice to handle it.
The IPA s are safe–never gonna steal those!