I'm not one to knock cider, never having tried a "real" cider in my (considerably short) time. But I also don't like getting into discussions about preferred beers, because I like really lowbrow (read: what people call "shitty") beers, and not even like natty or keystone light. People talk shit about it a lot, but Budweiser is really good to me! Ales in general (or at least the ones I've had) just don't taste good, namely the IPA's I've had.
But the most recent experince with anything cider-related was when we were drinking apple cider at a friend's house; he was making plain, non-alcoholic apple cider on the stove. We poured a doubleshot of half Tuaca and half Goldschlager into a mug, poured cider overtop, stirred, and drank. The last sip of the cup was straight Tuaca/Goldschlager and tasted like ass.