CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (Jan. 3, 2008) – Michael Murphy has been named plant manager at Anheuser-Busch’s Cartersville brewery effective immediately. He replaces Steve McDaniel who was named senior plant manager at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Jacksonville, Fla. Murphy has served as senior assistant plant manager at the Williamsburg, Va., brewery since 2004.

Murphy joined Anheuser-Busch in 1985 as beer packaging and shipping (BP&S) supervisor at the Houston brewery; moved to Cartersville in 1992 as a support group manager in BP&S; was promoted to western regional training manager in St. Louis corporate operations in 1994; and was eventually promoted to assistant maintenance manager at the Fort Collins, Colo., in 1997.

Murphy relocated to the Jacksonville brewery in 1999 as senior area manager in operations, and transferred back to Cartersville in 2002 as senior manager of operations.

Murphy was born in Fort Wayne and graduated from Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala., in 1978. He worked at International Harvester, Johnson & Johnson and Pepsi-Cola before coming to Anheuser-Busch in 1985.

“Michael has a proven track record in a number of management levels across the Anheuser-Busch brewery system and is excited to be ‘coming home’ to Cartersville,” said Peter Kraemer, vice president, Operations at Anheuser-Busch. “He will continue Anheuser-Busch’s proud history of making a positive contribution in Bartow County through various community outreach activities.”

McDaniel has been with Anheuser-Busch for more than 20 years working at the company’s breweries in Jacksonville, Fla., Merrimack, N.H. and Fort Collins, Colo. prior to coming to Cartersville. He was appointed senior plant manager at Cartersville in 2001.

The Cartersville brewery has operated in Bartow County since 1993, brewing and packaging more than 23 quality beers, including the nation’s top-selling brands, Budweiser and Bud Light. The brewery has a capacity of 8 million barrels annually and ships beer to Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser‑Busch is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.4 percent share of U.S. beer sales. The company brews the world’s largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser‑Busch also owns a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in China brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer brand is the country’s best-selling premium beer. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage companies in FORTUNE Magazine’s Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies lists in 2007. Anheuser‑Busch is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and one of the world’s largest recyclers of aluminum cans. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.