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                                                              Exhibit 23.2


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                                                 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                                 800 Market Street
                                                 St. Louis MO  63101
                                                 Telephone (314) 206 8500





                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-39715 and No. 33-58221)
of our report dated February 1, 2000 relating to the financial statements,
which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999.  We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated
February 1, 2000 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears
in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.  We also consent to the incorporation by
reference in this Registration Statement of our report dated July 28, 2000,
relating to the financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report of
the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan on Form
11-K for the year ended March 31, 2000.


/s/PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


St. Louis, Missouri
September 25, 2000