Exhibit
32.1
CERTIFICATION
OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ANHEUSER−BUSCH
COMPANIES, INC.
FORM
10−K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2005
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 of the Company for the year ended December 31,
2005 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Form
10−K”).
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 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 fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company.
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Date:
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February 22,
2006
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/s/
Patrick T.
Stokes
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Patrick
T. Stokes
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc.
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