Thanks for the quick replies. I figured the green ring was dried hops. I was afraid of the white stuff floating at the top and along the edge of the beer along the car boy which RM-MN pointed are yeast rafts. In the process of siphoning into bottles and keeping my fingers crossed for some...
This is my first attempt at home brewing and need some advice on whether this batch is ruined. 2 weeks into fermenting in the carboy, I noticed that the plastic screw cap on the carboy was cracked. The beer looks fine and smells like beer, but there was what I think is mold at the top and the...