Kreft and Banatwala are musicians and teaching artists, as well as authors of 2 books under the Rocktails Brand.

Kreft and Banatwala’s mission is to honor music through the art of mixology, whether it be writing music history cocktail books, as bar consultants training bar staff to be "Rockstar Bartenders,” as creative menu designers, or excellent event beverage specialists.

Together they have  produced a variety of events, from immersive dinner theater with a full band playing songs from artists in their books to fashion shows where each look was inspired by both songs and artists, as well as the physical cocktails themselves, cocktail tutorials both online and in person, and many more small and large events.

Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati hired Rocktails as bar consultants to open the new casino. Their duties consisted of training the Hard Rock bartenders and designing the cocktail menus for each of their 4 bars and banquet halls.

While at Hard Rock they curated an interactive and immersive Candy Shop Pop Up Event in collaboration with the Hard Rock Marketing Team, creating a one of a kind Instagrammable  experience.

As Rocktails, GoDaddy.com featured them in their Icon Series, where they were invited to participate in a 6 month "audition/interview.”

Rocktails was selected as one of 4 small businesses chosen to be featured in the "Cincinnati Icons'' edition. 

Together, Maya and Kristen are always concocting new recipes and collecting more histories on musical artists to honor. Their next book, “Libatious Ladiez” will feature musical ladiez from all genres, eras, and regions and will incorporate both traditional cocktails and spirit free drinks for each chapter.