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                                                              Exhibit 23.1


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                                                 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                                 800 Market Street
                                                 St. Louis MO  63101
                                                 Telephone (314) 206 8500





                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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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