Benjamin .. quick hint. I have fooled around with homemade stoves (fueled by alcohol) for urban survival ... i mostly used them to boil a small amount of water for tea or soup. the vapors from the alcohol can condense on cooler stuff above the stove. I dunno if that will happen with a professional alcohol stove. maybe not. it does with homemade stoves made out of Coke cans. so if your pot containing the water (to be boiled) is open, you can wind up with some alcohol in your water. the moral is - make sure you cover up the container you are heating ... add a lid :-)

Pete2