Originally Posted by
axolotl
...Alcohol was completely banned in American hostels, at least at that time.
Quite variable. When I stayed at the HI Hostel in Washington DC, they had a total ban on posession of alcohol on the premisis, which I thought was funny when they also had organized pub crawls.
The Fishermans Wharf hostel in San Fransisco, count the bottles on the table.
Internationally, I think most of them have a policy for reasonable use in public areas, like this one, fourth bullet point:
