EXHIBIT 5.1

                             THE STOLAR PARTNERSHIP LLP
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                              THE LAMMERT BUILDING
                              911 WASHINGTON AVENUE
                         ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 63101-1290
                                 (314) 231-2800
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                            FACSIMILE (314) 436-8400

                                     May 2, 2005


Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, Missouri 63118

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 Relating to
32,000,000 shares of stock,
    Par Value $1.00 Per Share, To Be Issued Pursuant to the
Anheuser-Busch
    Companies, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (Restated to
reflect a 2-for-1
    stock split effective September 18, 2000 and amendments
effective April
    25, 2001, April 23, 2003 and April 27, 2005)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

    Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the "Company") proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 relating to 32,000,000 shares of
common stock (the "Shares"), par value $1.00 per share,
which are proposed to be issued to certain employees of the
Company pursuant to the above-referenced Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc. 1998 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").  The
Shares will be offered pursuant to a common Section 10(a)
Prospectus to be used in connection with said proposed
Registration Statement as well as certain earlier
registration statements applicable to the Plan.

    In connection with the proposed registration, we have
examined corporate records of the Company and such other
documents and materials as we have considered relevant to
the matters set forth below, and we have made such
investigation of matters of law and fact as we have
considered appropriate.  Based on the foregoing, we are of
the opinion that:

    (1)  The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, and has the authority to issue the Shares
pursuant to the Plan.

    (2)  The shares of common stock that may be issued
pursuant to the Plan will be, when issued in accordance with
the Plan, duly authorized, legally issued, fully paid, and
nonassessable.

    We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as
Exhibit 5.1 to the registration statement and to the
reference to us in Item 5 of Part II of the Registration
Statement.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     THE STOLAR PARTNERSHIP
LLP


                                     By: /S/ GEETHA RAO SANT
                                           (Geetha Rao Sant)