Exhibit 99.6


                  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
                          FORM 10-K/A (AMENDMENT 2)
               PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
          PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         I am the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). I am
delivering this certificate in connection with the Form 10-K/A (Amendment 2)
of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Form
10-K/A") and amending the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2001. Pursuant to Rule 15d-21 promulgated
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Form 10-K/A sets
forth audited financial statements of Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock
Purchase and Savings Plan; the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase
and Savings Plan (For Employees Covered by a Collective Bargaining
Agreement); and the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and
Savings Plan (For Certain Hourly Employees of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
and its Subsidiaries), each for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002
(collectively, such employee benefit plans shall be hereinafter referred to
as the "Issuers") and does not include any financial statements of the
Company.

         Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 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 each
of the Issuers.

Date: September 27, 2002

                                   /s/ W. Randolph Baker
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                                   W. Randolph Baker
                                   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                   Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.