EXHIBIT 5.1


                                         RAVI SUNDARA
                                       (314) 641-5143
                               RSUNDARA@STOLARLAW.COM



May 3, 2007


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

Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8 Relating to 45,000,000 shares
     of stock, Par Value $1.00 Per Share, To Be Issued Pursuant to the
     Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. 2007 Equity and Incentive Plan
    (effective April 25, 2007)

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 45,000,000 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. 2007 Equity and Incentive 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.

     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/ RAVI SUNDARA
                                        Ravi Sundara