I'm a total alky stove freak as well, but unless you first practice cooking (aka boiling water and cozying) your food outside with it first, I wouldn't take it on my very first trip.

Since you have practiced making one, check out a few sites and put together a few dinners,
that you might take with you, and practice cooking them outside. if you can handle that
you can probably manage just fine.

The reason some of us would shy a raw beginner away from an alky stove it they are slightly
more complex to deal with in bad weather, and your menu is often a little more limited than a
canister stove. If you have *practiced* with your alky stove first, go right ahead.