Exhibit 23

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                                                 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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                                                 St. Louis, MO  63101
                                                 Telephone (314) 206 8500

          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-105362) of our report dated February 2, 2004
relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 2003 Annual
Report to Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., which is
incorporated by reference in Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.'s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the
incorporation by reference of our report dated February 2, 2004 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 June 18, 2004 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the Annual Report of the
Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan (For Certain Hourly Employees
of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and its Subsidiaries) on Form 11-K for the
year ended March 31, 2004.

/s/PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
September 29, 2004