Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Exhibit 23 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3

EX-23 4 exh23.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. Exhibit 23 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3

Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 5, 2002 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 2001 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 5, 2002 relating to the financial statement schedule, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
September 18, 2002