This is what I was doing:
Collecting 6.25 gallons in a 7.5 gallon pot, and then collect another 1.25 - 3.75 gallons in a 5 gallon pot. I would do at least a 90 min boil, only adding hops to the 7.5 gallon pot, and topping it up with wort from the 5 gallon pot every 15-30 minutes.
Whether it was a light wheat beer or a barleywine, they were all too low in bitterness.