My brother got me into it. its real easy and you don't need a lot of fancy equipment. Kind of like converting tren pellets to oil. But i don't drink beer anymore. started getting too fat.
Not on the stovetop, but a small 8gal reflux column still w/internal heating element. A stovetop sized still will not make much at all. Lucky to get almost (but not quite) 2 gal out of 8 gal of mash