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 the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-113897) of our report dated February 22, 2006
relating to the financial statements, management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in
the 2005 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, 2005. We also
consent to the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 22,
2006 relating to the financial statement schedules, 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 August 21, 2006
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, 2006.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
September 20, 2006