EX-24



POWER OF ATTORNEY





     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby

constitutes and appoints Theresa Butler the undersigned's

true and lawful attorney-in-fact limited to:



     (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the

undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Anheuser-

Busch Companies, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 4 and 5 in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934 and the rules thereunder and any other documents necessary

to facilitate the filing of such Section 16 forms, including

without limitation the Form ID (Uniform Application for Access

Codes to File on Edgar);



     (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of

the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete

and execute any such Form 4 or 5 and any document necessary

to facilitate the filing of such Form, complete and execute any

amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file and facilitate

the filing of such form with the United States Securities and

Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;

and



     (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in

connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such

attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,

or legally required by in terms of compliance with the securities

laws, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents

executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.





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     The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact

full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and

thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in

the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as

fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or

could do if personally present, with full power of substitution

or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such

attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of

this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-

fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the

undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any

of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



     The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect

until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 4

and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of

Attorney to be executed as of this 22nd day of December, 2005.







/s/August A. Busch III

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August A. Busch III

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