EXHIBIT 24.1

                     ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
                           POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Anheuser-Busch Companies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints August A. Busch
IV, W. Randolph Baker, and JoBeth G. Brown, and each of them or their successors
as officers of the Company acting singly, the true and lawful agents and
attorneys of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to do all things
and to execute all instruments which any of them may deem necessary or advisable
to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration under said
Act on Form S-8 of a total of 300,000 shares of common stock previously issued
or to be issued under the Company's Non-Employee Director Elective Stock
Acquisition Plan and the Company's 2006 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee
Directors (the "Non-Employee Director Plan Shares") and the inclusion in said
registration on Form S-8 of a "reoffer" prospectus pursuant to which reoffers
and resales of previously issued Non-Employee Director Plan Shares may be made.
This authorization includes the authority to sign the name of each of the
undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the said proposed Registration
Statement to be filed in respect of said Non-Employee Director Plan Shares, and
to any amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said proposed
Registration Statement after this date.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed a copy of this
Power of Attorney as of June 27, 2007.


/S/ AUGUST A. BUSCH IV               /S/ W. RANDOLPH BAKER
    August A. Busch IV                   W. Randolph Baker
President and Chief                  Vice President and
Executive Officer and Director       Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)        (Principal Financial Officer)


/S/ JOHN F. KELLY                    /S/ AUGUST A. BUSCH III
    John F. Kelly                        August A. Busch III
Vice President and Controller        Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)


/S/ CARLOS FERNANDEZ G               /S/ JAMES J. FORESE
    Carlos Fernandez G                   James J. Forese
Director                             Director


/S/ JOHN E. JACOB                    /S/ JAMES R. JONES
    John E. Jacob                        James R. Jones
Director                             Director


/S/ CHARLES F. KNIGHT                /S/ VERNON R. LOUCKS, JR.
    Charles F. Knight                    Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
Director                             Director



/S/ VILMA S. MARTINEZ                /S/ WILLIAM PORTER PAYNE
    Vilma S. Martinez                    William Porter Payne
Director                             Director


/S/ JOYCE M. ROCHE'                  /S/ HENRY HUGH SHELTON
    Joyce M. Roche'                      Henry Hugh Shelton
Director                             Director


/S/ PATRICK T. STOKES                /S/ ANDREW C. TAYLOR
    Patrick T. Stokes                    Andrew C. Taylor
Director                             Director

/S/ DOUGLAS A. WARNER III           /S/ EDWARD E. WHITACRE JR.
    Douglas A. Warner III               Edward E. Whitacre Jr.
Director                             Director