ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
One Busch Place
St. Louis, MO, 63118

September 18, 2008

By EDGAR Correspondence

Securities and Exchange Commission
Office of Mergers and Acquisitions
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-3628

Attn: John Reynolds, Esq.
Assistant Director

RE:	Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Preliminary Proxy Statement on
	Schedule 14A Filed on August 15, 2008

Dear Mr. Reynolds:

In response to the request of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) set forth in the staff’s letter dated September 12, 2008, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby acknowledges that:

• the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;

• staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and

• the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
By:	/s/ Thomas Larson
	Name:	Thomas Larson
	Title:	Associate General Counsel

cc: Damon Colbert, Esq.
Pamela Howell, Esq.