About St. Ambrose Cellars
St. Ambrose Cellars is a meadery first, and the honey comes from the owners' own bees. Kirk and Sharon Jones started keeping bees in the late 1970s and built Sleeping Bear Farms into a honey business before opening the meadery in Beulah in the early 2010s. Most of the meads use star thistle honey from northern Michigan, and a few use tupelo honey from the Florida panhandle, where the family also keeps hives.
The list covers several kinds of mead. Still meads such as Tupelo Ambrosia are made in the traditional way; melomels add fruit, like the raspberry Razzmatazz; and the draft meads are carbonated like beer or hard cider, in flavors such as lemon, raspberry, apple and sour blackberry. There is also a cyser made with apples and honey, wine, and beer from the in-house Brose Brewing. You can order flights or glasses at the bar.
Food is served daily, and the kitchen closes an hour before the bar. The menu leans on wood-fired pizza, including one finished with Kirk's hot honey, along with burgers made with local beef, tacos, bowls and a few Louisiana touches such as boudin balls. Seating spreads across indoor rooms and an outdoor patio. Live music plays most weeks in the early evening, some Wednesdays are open mic nights, and the annual Barn Dance takes over a Saturday in September. Seating is first come, first served.
Cherry Hill Lavender Farm near Frankfort is about 15 minutes west. Pair a lavender garden visit with dinner and a mead flight here.
What to do
- Taste a flight of still, fruit and draft meads made with the owners' honey
- Order a wood-fired pizza from the kitchen
- Try a beer from the in-house Brose Brewing
- Catch live music on an early evening, or the Barn Dance in September
- Sit out on the patio in warm weather
Season, hours and prices
- Season
- Open year-round; patio seating in warm weather; Barn Dance in September
- Hours
- Fall 2026: Monday–Thursday noon–8 p.m., Friday–Saturday noon–9 p.m., Sunday noon–6 p.m.; kitchen closes 1 hour before close, last call 30 minutes before
Good to know
- Age
- 21 or older to taste or drink alcohol
- Reservations
- Walk-in; no reservations
Tips for your visit
- The draft list changes; call ahead if you are after a particular mead
- Order food at least an hour before closing
- Check the event calendar for the week's live music before you go
- Plan a designated driver
Pair it with a lavender farm
Cherry Hill Lavender Farm · about 15 minutes away
Cherry Hill Lavender Farm near Frankfort is about 15 minutes west, an easy afternoon stop before dinner and a mead flight in Beulah.
Getting there
Questions
What is mead?
Wine made by fermenting honey. St. Ambrose makes still, fruit and carbonated draft meads from its owners' own honey.
Do they serve food?
Yes: wood-fired pizza, burgers, tacos, bowls and more, until an hour before closing.
Can I make a reservation?
No. Seating is first come, first served.
Do they make beer?
Yes, under the name Brose Brewing, poured alongside the meads and wine.
🗺️ Part of the guide Things to Do Near the Lavender Farm of Frankfort & Benzie County, Michigan
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