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                                                               Exhibit 23.2

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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. 33-39714 and No.
33-58241) 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
(For Employees Covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement) on
Form 11-K for the year ended March 31, 1999.


PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP


St. Louis, Missouri
September 24, 1999