Exhibit 32.3

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

Form 10-K/A for the Year Ended December 31, 2006

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted

Pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). I am delivering this certificate in connection with the Form 10-K/A of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2006 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Form 10-K/A”).

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the Form 10-K/A fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Form 10-K/A fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:	May 17, 2007	/s/ August A. Busch IV
		August A. Busch IV
		President and Chief Executive Officer
		Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.