1 Exhibit 23.1 [LOGO] PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 800 Market Street St. Louis MO 63101 Telephone (314) 206 8500 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS ---------------------------------- We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-39715 and No. 33-58221) of our report dated February 2, 1999, which appears on page 49 of the 1998 Annual Report to Shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page F-1 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of our report dated July 30, 1999 appearing on page 4 of the Annual Report of the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and Savings Plan on Form 11-K for the year ended March 31, 1999. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP St. Louis, Missouri September 24, 1999