A Gamow-Teller (GT) transition from the drip-line nucleus Be-14 to B-14 was studied via the (p, n) reaction in inverse kinematics using a secondary Be-14 beam at 69 MeV/nucleon. The invariant mass method is employed to reconstruct the energy spectrum. A peak is observed at an excitation energy of 1.27(2) MeV in B-14, together with bumps at 2.08 and 4.06(5) MeV. The observed forward peaking of the state at 1.27 MeV and a good description for the differential cross section, obtained with a DWBA calculation provide support for the 1(+) assignment to this state. By extrapolating the cross section to zero momentum transfer the GT-transition strength is deduced. The value is found to compare well with that reported in a beta-delayed neutron emission study. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.