Exhibit 23


           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-140993) of our report dated February 28, 2007
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 2006 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, 2006. We also consent to
the incorporation by reference of our report dated February 28, 2007 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 June 29, 2007 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, 2007.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
September 21, 2007