You can access process variables from rules so I believe that would work for your case. Just make sure you insert process instance as a fact into the session so you can then access it and its variables.
import org.drools.runtime.process.WorkflowProcessInstance
rule "your rule"
when
p: WorkflowProcessInstance()
then
System.out.println("Variable is " + p.getVariable("yourVar"));
end
HTH