After searching and searching I finally went out and bought a 6 pack of Heineken and made my first penny stove. Construction was easy while following the zen website's instructions.

So I made it, used it and got water to boil after just 7 minutes. Pretty happy with that result for a first stove. Once the 6 pack is finished (prolly tonight haha) I'll make another and try some variations with the burner holes to see if I can become more efficient.
But at this point I considerably cut weight in terms of the stove since my stove I used before this was a MSR Pocket Rocket (which will be hard to leave behind...I was a very happy hiker/camper with this stove)