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 incorporation by reference of our reports dated August 23, 2002 relating to the financial statements, which appear in the Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, the Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (For Employees Covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement) and the Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (For Certain Hourly Employees of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries), all on Form 10-K/A for the year ended March 31, 2002. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
October 7, 2002