Exhibit 32.3
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                  CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
              FORM 10-K/A FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003
               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, 2003 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 Global Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Issuer") 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 the
Issuer.

Date:  July 27, 2004

                                      /s/ Patrick T. Stokes
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                                      Patrick T. Stokes
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                                      Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.