Exhibit 32.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
              FORM 10-K/A FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2002
               PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
         PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         I am the President and Chief Executive Officer of Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). I am delivering
this certificate in connection with the Form 10-K/A of the Company for the
year ended December 31, 2002 and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Form 10-K/A"). 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 the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock
Purchase & Savings Plan, the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase &
Savings Plan (For Employees Covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement)
and the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase & Savings Plan (For
Certain Hourly Employees of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. and its
Subsidiaries) (the "Plans").

         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, 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 the Plans.


Date: September 25, 2003
                                        /s/ Patrick T. Stokes
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                                        Patrick T. Stokes
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.