The compromise is exactly what I've been doing and have had great results. I dough-in at 1.2ish-q/gal, mashout with 1.5 to 2.5 gallons of boiling depending on grain bill then heat up ~5 gallons of sparge. My setup requires 8 gallons in order to hit 5.5 after a 90 minute boil, so I cut off the...